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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Gills of three old specimens of webcap fungus (Cortinarius) in Gloucestershire, South West England. toxic, fungi, poisonous mushroom

7 of the World’s Most Poisonous Mushrooms

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

A ball swishes through the net at a basketball game in a professional arena.

Why Are Basketball Hoops 10 Feet High?

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magnetic resonance imaging cardiac magnetic resonance imaging brain scanning ultrasound angiography positron emission tomography endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoscopy magnetic resonance spectroscopy single photon emission computed tomography urography gynecological examination genetic testing prenatal testing thyroid function test endoscopy electrocardiography lateral flow test uroscopy lung ventilation/perfusion scan electroencephalography