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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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Clostridium difficile Clostridium tetani Clostridium septicum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium pasteurianum Clostridium novyi Clostridium butyricum Clostridium botulinum gangrene clostridial infection bacillus Nostoc Spirillum Anabaena