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Understand the concept of sonoluminescence which is a phenomenon of turning sound into light

Piezoelectricity

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Piezoelectricity

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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?

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Flags That Look Alike

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”

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

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

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

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Understand the concept of sonoluminescence which is a phenomenon of turning sound into light

Understand the concept of sonoluminescence which is a phenomenon of turning sound into light

Learn how collapsing bubbles with sound can create sonoluminescence.

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Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity

A piezoelectric disc used as a pickup on a classical guitar.

Georg Feitscher

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