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What State Is Washington, D.C. In?

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14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

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U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

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26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

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10 Inventions That Changed Your World

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6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Gerald R. Ford playing golf during a working vacation on Mackinac Island in Michigan, July 13, 1975. Gerald Ford.

9 U.S. Presidents with the Most Vetoes

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Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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7 Drugs that Changed the World

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

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Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London, England. Opened in 1894. Remains an Important Traffic Route with 40,000 Crossings Every Day.

Guess the City by Its River Quiz