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Unusual Counting Systems

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Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

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New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

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

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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Key People

Georg Cantor

Georg Cantor

German mathematician

Dedekind

Richard Dedekind

German mathematician

Zeno of Elea

Greek philosopher and mathematician

Bolzano, Bernhard

Bernhard Bolzano

Bohemian mathematician and theologian