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Cuban Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) single adult male, Zapata peninsula, Cuba, Caribbean.Bee hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.

Queen Mab’s Stable: 7 of the Smallest Animals

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Bakers Dozen of Donuts, or Paczki's

Why Is a Baker’s Dozen 13?

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling

Poker Hands Ranked

Gerald R. Ford playing golf during a working vacation on Mackinac Island in Michigan, July 13, 1975. Gerald Ford.

9 U.S. Presidents with the Most Vetoes

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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Also Known As	prosencephalon

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olfactory bulb endbrain interbrain thalamus hypothalamus pineal gland lateral geniculate body medial geniculate body metathalamus paleopallium limbic system midbrain meninges cerebrum brainstem hindbrain neuroplasticity neural oscillation cross-modal plasticity