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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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origin of badminton

In badminton: Origin and development
…directly from the game “poona,” which was played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s. The Bath Badminton Club was established in Bath, England, in 1877 and introduced new rules to the game. The formation of the Badminton Association of England (BAE) in 1893 marked a…
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