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    Mar 1

    This join us as Britannica celebrates 100 trailblazing women who have left their indelible mark on the world. —

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    📰 Musician Keith Flint has passed away at the age of 49. His band pioneered a rowdy, rock-and-roll mutant of techno that invaded the American mainstream in the late '90s.

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    Happy ! Here are some common words once considered "bad English."

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    The struggle for women's suffrage was particularly intense in Great Britain and the U.S., but those countries were not the first to grant women the right to vote, at least not on a national basis.

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    Frances Perkins was sworn in as U.S. secretary of labour under FDR in 1933; she was the first woman appointed to a U.S. cabinet post.

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    Miriam Makeba—South African-born singer who became known as Mama Afrika, one of the world’s most prominent black African performers in the 20th century — was in 1932.

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    While deformities in cats might appear cute to some, they can lead to serious health problems.

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    Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.

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    Unlike many other women artists of the 17th century, Artemisia Gentileschi specialized in history painting rather than still life and portraiture.

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    The Jones Act took effect in 1917, designating Puerto Rico as a territory of the United States, “organized but unincorporated,” and conferring U.S. citizenship collectively on Puerto Ricans.

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    Sometimes called “the Nightingale of India,” political activist, feminist, and poet Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and to be appointed an Indian state governor —

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    7 Female Firsts in U.S. Politics —

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    Yellowstone National Park was established by the U.S. Congress as the country's—and the world's—first national park in 1872. has also been a World Heritage site since 1978.

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    Happy Birthday, ! The Kenyan actress won an Academy Award for her film debut in 12 Years A Slave (2013) and has since starred in such epics as and —

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  15. Feb 28

    Stay with us, here.

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  16. Feb 28

    : Sometime around 700 BC, Roman King Numa Pompilius tried to create a calendar without months that ended in an even number of days. Except, you know, math... —

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    Feb 28

    This week's post courtesy details the legal challenge to the Trump administration's decision to allow seismic airgun surveys by the oil and gas industry in the Atlantic Ocean, at a great cost to marine life.

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    📰 Pending a hearing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces charges of bribery and corruption in three separate cases. Netanyahu has called the allegations a "witch hunt."

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    📈 Visits to the bio of Tina Turner jumped 580%—yesterday's #3 trending page—during last night's finale amid speculation she was the voice behind the —

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  20. Feb 28

    in 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415.

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