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Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.

What Is the Emoluments Clause?

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Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.

Richard Trevithick

English engineer

Perkins, Jacob

Jacob Perkins

American inventor