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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Were the Nazis Socialists?

Shoebill. A Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex), aka 'Whalehead' standing in shallow marsh. Resides in tropical East Africa. A very large bird related to the storks. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill.

Funky Feathers: 10 Bizarre Birds

International currencies, money, various banknotes, currency

A Brief (and Fascinating) History of Money

Black widow spider

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

John Davey

American horticulturalist

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contribution to tree surgery

In pruning
…tree surgery is attributed to John Davey of Kent, Ohio, who established a landscaping business there in 1880.
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