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Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

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History of Technology Timeline

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

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

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Also Known As	layer silicate • disilicate • sheet silicate

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clay mineral mica talc serpentine chrysocolla pyrophyllite apophyllite prehnite ferripyrophyllite sheet structure inosilicate tectosilicate cyclosilicate nesosilicate sorosilicate

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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones