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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

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5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

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9 American Countercultural Books

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Holi: Festival of Colors

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Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

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Key People

Marcus Terentius Varro

Roman author

Menippus

Greek philosopher