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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint

8 of the Largest Empires in History

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

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer

Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Also Known As	polychloroprene • CR • chloroprene rubber • Duprene

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major industrial polymers synthetic rubber polyethylene cellulose acetate nitrocellulose PVC rayon silicone butyl rubber polypropylene ethylene-propylene copolymer polyisoprene

Key People

Samuel Shrowder Pickles

English chemist

Julius Arthur Nieuwland

American chemist