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

New Seven Wonders of the World

Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).

8 Birds That Can’t Fly

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Key People

Edward Murray East

American scientist

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

British biochemist

William Prout

British chemist

Mendel, Lafayette Benedict

Lafayette Benedict Mendel

American biochemist