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How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
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10 Common Questions Kids Have About School, Life, and Being a Student
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Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
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Pro and Con: Standardized Tests
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Pro and Con: School Vouchers
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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
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Timeline of the 1990s
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Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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Also Known As Anna J. Harrison
Born December 23, 1912 • Missouri
Died August 8, 1998 (aged 85) • Holyoke • Massachusetts
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science