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Flags That Look Alike

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Richard Willstätter

German chemist

Sir Robert Robinson.

Sir Robert Robinson

British chemist

Pierre-Joseph Pelletier

French chemist

Adams, Roger

Roger Adams

American chemist