St. Edmund, king of East Anglia, met his death in 869 during the invasion of the pagan Danish armies into Britain. According to tradition, he refused the Danes’ demand that he renounce Christ. The Danes beat him, shot him with arrows and then beheaded him. St. Edmund was the patron saint of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 until replaced by St. George in the Middle Ages.
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Piracy in the 21st century
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The leaf produces oxygen in real time.

Little bubbles of O2 appear one by one due to photosynthesis.

The transition from black and white to color in Peter Jackson's WW1 documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old
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Dubai
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A classic center of mass example that shows that even the most unusual structure can be balanced.
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How the bakery works from the inside
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A meerkat family stands in the sunlight in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
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"Black Crack" in Canyonlands National Park, UTA, USA.
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Handpainted print photo of a young native American woman by a river. Early 1900s
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Countries with a monument to John F. Kennedy
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Lately, the world’s biggest threats have been microscopic in size.
From the global COVID-19 pandemic to wildfires ripping through the U.S. West Coast, it seems as though our lungs can’t catch a break, or more aptly, a breath.

But just how small are the particles we’re currently battling? And how does their size compare to other tiny molecules?
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Santa in London, from 1940 Life Magazine.
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Obesity rates in the US vs Europe
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