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8 of the World’s Most-Remote Islands

World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok

Just How Many Oceans Are There?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Sailboat against a beautiful landscape

Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

"Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy" Georges Seurat, ca. 1888, oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.9 cm

Neo-Impressionism: What Was the Point?

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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Gutzon Borglum. Presidents. Sculpture. National park. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.

9 Memorials and Monuments in the United States

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

Aspirin pills.

7 Drugs that Changed the World

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

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Holness opens $6-billion Morant Bay Urban Centre • May 16, 2025, 3:02 AM ET (The Gleaner)

St. Thomas board game designer hopes players will 'Finesse' their bridge skills with new game • May 12, 2025, 3:24 AM ET (CBC)

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