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Pisa, Leaning Tower of

The Eiffel Tower, Paris.

Taipei 101 tower

Close-up of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler

Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad stands beside the U.S. flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) Nov. 19, 1969. Footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.

How Many People Have Been to the Moon?

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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Taipei 101 tower

Close-up of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.

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Westminster Abbey

Nicholas Hawksmoor

British architect