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How Do Face Masks Control the Spread of Disease?

Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

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The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

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Law legal system crime concept with gavel and scales of justice with books in the background. (mallet, judicial system).

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World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

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History of Technology Timeline

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

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Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

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anesthesia

How anesthesia works.

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