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Steve Buscemi in 'Boardwalk Empire"; from Season 1, 2010 (mobsters, gangsters, Atlantic City).

Behind the Scenes: 9 Infamous Mobsters of the Real Boardwalk Empire

Chinese cultural revolution era poster showing Chairman Mao above an adoring crowd of red guards soldiers and workers

A Brief Overview of China’s Cultural Revolution

pacifier, baby, infant, plastic

The Effects of China’s One-Child Policy

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.

The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

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