Feast of Fools

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Leap Day, February 29

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What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Ancient Mayan Calendar

Our Days Are Numbered: 7 Crazy Facts About Calendars

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Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species

Drinking water is poured into a glass.

Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

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