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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery
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7 Iconic Buildings in Havana
Three Cuban pesos bill mixing between dollar bills
Pro and Con: Cuba Embargo
Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World
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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint
8 of the Largest Empires in History
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
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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Born February 3, 1820 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died February 16, 1857 (aged 37) • Havana • Cuba

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Richard E. Byrd
American explorer
Robert Edwin Peary.
Robert Peary
American explorer
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
American explorer
George Washington De Long
American explorer
Charles Francis Hall
American explorer
Ann Bancroft
American explorer
George Melville
George Wallace Melville
American explorer
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Israel Hayes
American explorer
Frederick Albert Cook
Frederick Albert Cook
American physician and explorer
Henson sitting on sledge used in Robert E. Peary's expedition to the North Pole, 1909
Matthew Alexander Henson
American explorer
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
British adventurer and writer
Robert Swan
Robert Swan
British explorer
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish explorer
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
English officer and explorer
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Ejnar Mikkelsen
Danish explorer and author
Erik the Red
Erik the Red
Norwegian explorer
Karl Weyprecht
polar explorer
Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Italian explorer
Otto Yulyevich Shmidt
Soviet scientist and explorer

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