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Can You Identify These Different Types of Sharks?
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Do you clear your schedule for "Shark Week"? Think Bruce from "Jaws" was merely misunderstood? If you view sharks as magnificent masters of the sea rather than mindless eating machines, then you'll sail through this quiz!
What Is Transcendentalism and How Did It Change America?
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Transcendentalism was a 19th century philosophical movement with adherents like Thoreau, Emerson and Fuller, based on principles of freedom, feminism, abolition and the idea that people had divine truth within them.
1954-1962 Metropolitan
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The 1954-1962 Metropolitan bucked trends as compact import in the 1950s -- and it found initial success. Learn more about the 1954-1962 Metropolitan.
How Colonialism Works
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Before World War II, a third of the world's population lived a territory controlled by a colonial power. HowStuffWorks examines colonialism.
10 Worst Ways History Has Repeated Itself
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As they say, if we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it. And as these 10 historical events prove, humans seem to be more prone to repeating than learning.
10 Conspiracy Theories About the JFK Assassination
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Sixty-one percent of Americans think Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. Here are 10 conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination.
How Concordes Work
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The only passenger plane that flies faster than the speed of sound, and can get from New York to London in less than four hours, is calling it quits. Learn how this amazing plane works.
What is it like to sleep in space?
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What is it like to sleep in space? With 16 sunsets, getting shut-eye is a little harder than usual. Find out how astronauts doze in zero gravity.
How Bull Sharks Work
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Bull sharks are one of the deadliest of sharks in existence. Read about bull sharks and why they eat mammals like dogs.
Does the rotation of the Earth affect toilets and baseball games?
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The world's intelligentsia has managed to convince us that the Earth is round and makes a full rotation once every 24 hours. Why can't they agree on the effects of that rotation on toilets and ball games?