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Apollo 13 announced "Houston, we've got a problem," when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the
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Weather of the Day
On this date in 1990, angry thunderstorms produced massive amounts of golf ball?size hail?
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Birthday of the Day
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 (April 2, old style), 1743, at Shadwell in?
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Formalizing the Scramble for Africa In 1884, representatives of all the colonial powers of Europe and America met in Berlin to discuss how they would divide Afr![House of Representatives]()
The inherent powers of the U.S. Congress The expressed powers of Congress are listed in Article I of the U.S. Constitution (since they're listed out, they're also called the enumerated powers). Congress also has implied powers, which are based on?![Crown jewels]()
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