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language difference word

Both "Hung" and "Hanged" are past tenses of the word "Hang".

interview leader historical

Dorothy Thompson, the Journalist Who interviewed Hitler.

history war

Kaiser Wilhelm II drew up plans to invade the United States in 1897.

animal anatomy waste bird

Birds don’t urinate.

environmental figure

Rachel Carson.

medical history political

Esther Pohl Lovejoy.

drink history coffee

In the 16th Century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if they didn’t provide enough coffee for them.

history politics

Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination.

philosophy figure

Aristotle.

environmental figure

Chico Mendez.

war flight

Winged Tanks were in development during World War II.

environmental figure

Wangari Maatha.

environmental figure

Gro Harlem Brundtland.

sport figure

Nadia Comaneci.

political figure

William Jennings Bryan.

sport figure

Roger Federer.

science human cell

Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count.

historical war female figure

Irena Sendler.

music figure

Sinead O’Connor.

nature tree chemical

Pine trees can produce a soapy foam after a heavy rainfall.

global coast record

Canada’s coastline is the longest in the world. At 243,042 km.

environmental royal political figure

Prince Charles of Wales.

sport figure

Pelé.

historical female figure

Marie Curie.

historical building

Stonehenge isn't the only one of it's kind.

human right figure

Helen Bamber.

historical war female figure

Sophie Scholl.

space life

the largest known structure in the observable universe.

animal science

lobsters can theoretically live forever.

desert snow cold dry 🌎

in 1979, it snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes.

philosophy figure poet

“This too shall pass”.

history war animal

Animals in Gas masks.

sport figure

Michael Jordan.

animal

In 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels.

sport battle

The Yankee Stadium Hex.

program society state

Between 1921 - 1976, Sweden sterilized up to 63,000 people.

movie

Clockwork Orange was so controversial in the UK that Kubrick requested Warner Brothers withdraw the movie.

global problem

The Earth's sixth mass extinction event.

female historical law figure court

Rose Heilbron.

death life wind rare 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tried to commit suicide by jumping off the 86th floor but was blown back onto the 85th floor by a gust of wind.

border destroy

the Berlin Wall came down by mistake.

historical figure animal

The best pet for an up and coming dictator.

sport figure name

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was named after Ronald Reagan.

historical female figure

Mary Pickford.

philosophy figure

René Descartes.

environmental figure

Vandana Shiva.

food economics

Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.

animal evolution special

The Madagascar tenrec.

politics historical

The Icarians, a French-based utopian socialist movement in the US.

history china land

Less Than 70 Years Ago- China Culled An Entire Social Class.

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