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Searching for sustainable water supplies in Namibia

geyser and hot spring

How stalactites and stalagmites form in caves

Can reed beds clean contaminated groundwater?

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Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017

What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer

Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

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

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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Also Known As	subsurface water

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diagram illustrating the water table

geyser and hot spring

Searching for sustainable water supplies in Namibia

How stalactites and stalagmites form in caves

Can reed beds clean contaminated groundwater?

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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)

Water and its Varying Forms

Cave pool thermal spring in Grjotagja Cave, near Myvatn lake in Iceland. Groundwater. Lava cave

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