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    Chimpanzees sitting on a rock wildlife shot, Gombe/Tanzania
    How Other Species Learn
    Custom library
    A Brief History of Libraries
    close up of newspapers
    Citizen Journalists
    Composite photograph. Group of six young adults in silhouette. Photograph created for use in Britannica's "20 Under 40" article.
    The 20 Under 40 Series: Young Shapers of the Future
    Galileo Galilei Italian astronomer and mathematician recanting, 1633 (1880). His support for the Copernican model of the Universe brought him into conflict with the Catholic church, and he was tried for heresy by the Inquisition in 1633. (see notes)
    Fear of Knowledge
    Composite photograph. Young girl with glasses and ponytail in silhouette. Photograph created for use in Britannica's "Teenagers Who Changed the World" article.
    Teenagers Who Changed the World in 2020
    Scene from a Christmas Carol
    Why Dickens Wrote A Christmas Carol
    Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
    Was Elizabeth I a popular queen?
    Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
    What was Queen Elizabeth I’s personal life like?
    Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
    What was Queen Elizabeth I’s relationship to religion in England?
    Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
    What were the biggest issues facing England during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign?
    Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
    How did Elizabeth I come to be queen of England?
    Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
    How was Prohibition enforced?
    Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
    How did people get around Prohibition?
    Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
    What were the effects of Prohibition?
    Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
    How long did Prohibition last?
    Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
    What led to Prohibition?
    The three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, who saw the vision of Fatima in Portugal. Our lady of Fatima, saint, Christianity.
    Our Lady of Fátima
    Men's Giant Slalom Italy's Alberto Tomba on the way to retaining his gold medal at Val d'Isere France 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics
    The Origin of the Winter Olympics
    Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum on the day of the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics. 28 July 1984
    Olympics: Boon or Curse?
    Marathon running in the light of evening
    Olympics: The Genetics of Success
    January 21, 2017. Protesters holding signs in crowd at the Women's March in Washington DC. feminism
    Feminism: From Ancient Rome to the Women’s March
    Image of jewish holiday Hanukkah with drawing menorah candles (traditional Candelabra), donuts and dreidels (spinning top) over chalkboard background. Chanukah.
    Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights
    Scottish fold, cat, feline
    Dwarfism in Cats: It’s Only Cute ‘til Someone Gets Hurt
    poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
    World Poetry Day
    A scary old jack-o-lantern on black. Halloween pumpkin, trick or treat. Halloween holiday
    Happy Halloween
    Image of Antenna galaxy
    The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?
    Amelia Earhart sitting in the cockpit of an Electra airplane.
    The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
    Coloured powders are flung onto revellers during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura, March 28, 2013.
    Holi: Festival of Colors
    Albert Einstein smoking pipe
    The Bizarre Posthumous Journey of Einstein's Brain
    Abandoned school in Pripyat in the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant
    Nuclear Exclusion Zones
    Banksy Snorting Copper stenciled graffiti on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch, London taken circa 2005, before it was later vandalised and covered over.
    Art Restoration: Beyond Canvas
    Paleogeography and paleoceanography of Early Triassic time. The present-day coastlines and tectonic boundaries of the configured continents are shown at the lower right. Continents, continental drift, plate tectonics, Pangea, Laurussia, Gondwana.
    Spotting a Supercontinent: How Pangea Was Discovered
    "Pirate Week" Spotlight.
    Pirate Week
    Photo of open treasure chest with shinny gold, Island, pirate
    The Eternal Legacy of Treasure Island
    Pirate Barbarossa also known as redbeard
    From Pirate to Admiral: The Tale of Barbarossa
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