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Men's Giant Slalom Italy's Alberto Tomba on the way to retaining his gold medal at Val d'Isere France 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics
The Origin of the Winter Olympics
Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
10 Unusual Sports
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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
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.
Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History
Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson
Vietnam War Timeline
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.
Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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Born May 1, 1964 (age 60) • Haarlem • Netherlands
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Ard Schenk
Dutch speed skater
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German athlete
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Knut Johannesen
Norwegian speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Irving Jaffee
American speed skater
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater

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