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Japan Maneuvers to Skirt Whaling Restrictions

Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data

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Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri).

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Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Aspirin pills.

7 Drugs that Changed the World

Eye. Eyelash. Eyeball. Vision.

7 Vestigial Features of the Human Body

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

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