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New York City's campaign against infant formula inspired us to look into the dubious history of this product.

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Recipient of the Victoria Cross

In 1970, a plane got fed up with its pilot so it hatched an audacious plan. First, get rid of the pilot. Second: land. Third: enter history. The result

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King You of Zhou (Chinese: 周幽王; pinyin: Zhōu Yōu Wáng; 795–771 BC) was the twelfth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the last of Western Zhou Dynasty. He reigned from 781 to 771 BC.

ancient type of evaporative cooler

This is a list of countries and other inhabited areas of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2019 revision of World Population Prospects. Figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as…

Having an unusual preoccupation with suicide

person with whom one shares a special bond

The unique conditions of the sea’s depths have made it possible to discern chisel marks on some of the vessels.

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J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has been translated into many languages. Known translations, with the first date of publishing, are:

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1977 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas