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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

The Escape Artist

film by Deschanel [1982]

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contribution by Jay

In Ricky Jay
…adviser on such films as The Escape Artist (1982) and Forrest Gump (1994), for which he provided the special wheelchair that enabled actor Gary Sinise to portray a double amputee, as well as The Illusionist and The Prestige (both 2006), in the latter of which he also had a small…
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novel by Wagoner

In David Wagoner
…adapted and released as a feature film by executive producer Francis Ford Coppola in 1982 but received only mediocre reviews.
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