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The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City

The Belgian pride parade 2017. People marching through Brussels streets with LGBT flags and posters.

How Did the Rainbow Flag Become a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride?

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

Deck chairs under a beach umbrella.

When Does Summer Start?

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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

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Also Known As	mesotron

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quark W particle B-meson antiquark two-meson theory Yukawa meson upsilon meson pi meson K meson eta-meson baryon

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Henry Way Kendall

American physicist