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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

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Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

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Periods of American Literature

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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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