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  1. 13 hours ago

    Sometimes the biggest threats to your safety aren’t that big at all.

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  2. 15 hours ago

    John Chapman was a real person, actually, although some aspects of his life were mythologized over time.

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  3. 17 hours ago

    By 1400, “Thrice lord mayor of London” Dick Whittington had acquired immense wealth and commercial prestige. According to legend, he owed it all to his cat. —

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  4. 20 hours ago

    There is no consensus among economists and historians regarding the exact causes of the Great Depression. However, many scholars agree these four factors played a role.

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  5. 21 hours ago

    (2/2) Raphael died on his 37th birthday. His funeral mass was celebrated at the Vatican, his final masterpiece, "Transfiguration," was placed at the head of the bier, and his body was buried in the Pantheon in Rome.

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    (1/2) Master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance, the artist known as simply "Raphael" was in 1483. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican —

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  7. Apr 5

    Somaliland, Israel and Palestine, Antarctica?

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  8. Apr 5

    Kurt Cobain and a surprising number of other music legends are part of a solemn club known as . But is there really something particularly dangerous about that age?

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  9. Apr 5

    Which snake is more poisonous: A black mamba or a garter snake? 🐍 WATCH explain on YouTube —>

    DEMYSTIFIED: What’s the difference between venomous and poisonous?
    Strictly speaking, most dangerous snakes are "venomous."
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  10. Apr 5

    Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died 25 years ago. In many ways, his suicide marked the end of the brief grunge movement and was a signature event for music fans of Generation X —

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  11. Apr 5

    Considered the most influential spokesman for black Americans between 1895 and 1915, educator and reformer Booker T. Washington was in 1856 —

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  12. Apr 4

    More like survival of the most…developmentally arrested.

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  13. Apr 4

    California was spelled with two L's and was also maybe an island? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  14. Apr 4

    Known cancer-causing agents: ✅ oncogenic viruses ✅ chemicals ✅ radiation ✅ particulate matter ❌ windmills Causes Of Cancer —

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  15. Apr 4

    : Shouldn’t a group of rats be called something more menacing? A flock of crows get to be a "murder," after all. —

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  16. Apr 4

    in 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.—who was in Memphis supporting a sanitation workers' strike—was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

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  17. Apr 4

    The military alliance was formed in 1949, the founding member nations being Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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  18. Apr 4

    in 1979, Australian actor Heath Ledger—renowned for his moving and intense performances in diverse roles—would have turned 40 today.

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  19. Apr 3

    📝 NEW : Fortunately, reducing light pollution may be easier than reducing other forms of pollution.

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  20. Apr 3

    In one of history's biggest leaks of confidential data, private papers from a Panama law firm were made public in 2016, revealing how wealthy clients concealed their assets and avoided paying taxes.

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