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Halloween
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The Iraq War
With the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, people are talking about the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Learn more about the late secretary, and about the political situation that led up to the war.
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This Day in History
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This Day in History
The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 po
Weather of the Day
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Weather of the Day
On this date in 1844, a terrible storm hit Buffalo, New York. The hurricane force winds?
Birthday of the Day
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Birthday of the Day
Chandrasekhar was one of ten children born to a civil servant and an intellectual mother?
Word of the Day
Word of the Day
Your quiet next-door-neighbor has apparently absquatulated with some of your garden tools?
Analogy of the Day
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News of the World
College football coach Nick Rolovich loses his $3.1m-a-year job for shirking a state?
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The most sweltering days ever recorded There's a lot of talk about the record-setting temperatures of the past couple years, and how they relate to climate change.![Languages]()
Africa's urban landscape A melting pot of religions, languages, wildlife, and history make up the expansive continent of Africa. It indeed has small villages, and poverty does exist there as it does in many other parts of the world, but to only?![The Mongol Empire]()
The Mongol Empire was one of the most powerful, and misunderstood, empires in history. They were, certainly, brutal to their enemies. They were also tolerant towards other religions, valued art, gave women rights and effectively created the Silk?![Olympus]()
The question "Is Mount Olympus Real" gets asked more often than you might think on the Internet. The root of this question is that, clearly, Mount Olympus is not the actual physical home of the gods. But it is certainly real, as are many other?![Chrysanthemum Throne]()
The importance of religion around the world
