Great Northern Expedition

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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Periods of American Literature

Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

Great Northern Expedition: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Date	1733 - 1745
Location	Russia

Key People

Steller's sea cow

Georg W. Steller

zoologist and botanist

Vitus Bering's expedition

Vitus Bering

Danish explorer

Aleksey Ilich Chirikov

Russian explorer