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Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

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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7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

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Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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