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9 Memorials and Monuments in the United States

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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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Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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trusteeship system United Nations League of Nations functionalism international federation International Academy of Astronautics Pan American Health Organization United Nations Security Council mandate Trusteeship Council international trade international payment and exchange interest group commodity trade secret society think tank nonprofit organization nongovernmental organization fair trade globalization

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