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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

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Periods of American Literature

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

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

Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles

Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

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Elias James Corey

American chemist

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson

Swedish biochemist

Sir John Robert Vane

British biochemist

Sune K. Bergström

Sune K. Bergström

Swedish biochemist