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Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil
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Groundhog handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow predicting 6 more weeks of winter during 126th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 2012 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. omen
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The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
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Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
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bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.
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Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
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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
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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
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