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This Day in History
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This Day in History
The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
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On this date in 1981, a tornado decimated Emberson, Texas. Homes were leveled, and a man?
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(Joseph Louis Barrow) His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and?
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Your fishing trip begins before dawn. As the sun rises, you notice that a pinguid?
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The vaquita marina in Mexico is threatened by a clash of interests between fishing and?
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Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for the Fifth of May) began with a proclamation fromPresident Benito Juarezof Mexico, but ever since it's been a mostly American holiday. How did a Mexican battle turn into an American celebration?![House of Representatives]()
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The modern lingua francas There are over 7,000 languages in the world, each with their own histories and sounds. All of these should be celebrated. But, some languages are much more widely spoken than the rest. Find out which languages keep us?![quetzalcoatl]()
Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of the Aztecs, is recognized the world over in art and media. But, like with many indigenous beliefs from the Americas, there is a great deal of misunderstanding surrounding the Aztec gods and their?![APA Heritage Month]()
May is Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month?a celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
