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There is great music to be heard and lessons to be learned from Japan's music scene.

The Bay View massacre (sometimes also referred to as the Bay View Tragedy) was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin…

History, politics, arts, science & more: the Canadian Encyclopedia is your reference on Canada. Articles, timelines & resources for teachers, students & public.

The B-52 Stratofortress bomber can use explosive cartridges to jump start its engines.

They're not coming through the windows - they were already inside.

Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries. They're classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Take a look below for 26 more fun and fascinating facts about blueberries.

1. Commercial blueberries are native…

network of German concentration and extermination camps

It went on for four straight days.

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1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand

Experts say old, repurposed techniques and new technologies may be better than bullets at curbing attacks by the predators

Cosmetics innovator Lydia O’ Leary turned adversity into triumph when she created a makeup product that could help peop

America’s first anatomy riot started with a crass joke. One afternoon in April 1788 a medical student was dissecting a woman’s body in a lab at New York Hospital. Suddenly, he realized he wasn’t

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extinct species of hominid

Are you confused about miscarriage rates? You are not alone. Here is how to make sense of the most commonly cited statistics about miscarriage risks.

The red cross and the red crescent have been at the service of humanity for more than a century - affording protection to those affected by conflict and to those assisting them. In December 2005, an additional emblem - the red crystal - was created alongside…