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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

National Museum of Fine Arts. National museum building located on peninsula Blasieholmen in city centre with near Lake Malaren channel view from old town quarter Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

14 Significant Paintings at Nationalmuseum in Sweden

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16 Paintings You Can See (in Person) Only in Sweden

Map view of Europe on a geographical globe.

Where Does the Name Europe Come From?

Lake Issyk-kul kyrgyzstan

9 of the World’s Deepest Lakes

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Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).

8 Birds That Can’t Fly

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A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

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