US States By Number Of Billionaires
With 124 billionaires as of February 2016, California ranks number one in the list of US states ranked by the number of billionaires.
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Tracing The Origins Of The Scout Movement
Scout movement started by itself although its development and organization is credited to Biden Powell.
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What Language is Spoken in Gaudeloupe?
The official language of Gaudeloupe is French, although Creole is also commonly spoken.
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What Is the Monegasque dialect?
The Monégasque dialect is a dialect of Ligurian spoken in Monaco.
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AIR Studios of Montserrat
AIR, or Associated Independent Recording, was founded in London in 2965 by Sir George Martin.
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Who Was Charlotte Amalie?
Charlotte Amalie is the name of the capital city of the U.S. Virgin Islands, named after Charlotte Amalie of Hasse-Kassel.
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Diseases That Are Transmitted By Animals
Zoonosis is a word referring to the ability of infectious diseases to be spread from animals to humans.
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List of the World's Micronations
A micronation refers to a self-imposed jurisdiction or a model nation which claims to be self-governing.
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The Goiânia Radioactivity Accident Of 1987
The Goiânia Accident has been dubbed as one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.
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The Tragic Race To The South Pole: Who Won And Who Lost?
Norwegian Roald Amundsen beat his British rival Robert Falcon Scott in the race to the South Pole, a race that claimed the life of the latter and his team-mates.
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What was the Republic of Biafra?
From 1967 to 1970, the Biafra existed as a secessionist state in eastern Nigeria
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The Great Lakes Refugee Crisis
Over two million Rwandans fled from their home-country to the neighboring countries of the Great Lakes region in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide.
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The Longest Ships Ever Built
With a length of 1,504.1 feet, the Oil tanker Seawise Giant is the longest ship ever built.
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The World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago
In 1893, a massive world fair was held in Chicago as a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus. It has had a long-lasting impression on the arts, architecture, and urban planning.
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Expo '86
In 1986, Vancouver hosted the World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply just Expo '86.
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Expo '67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition ran in Montreal from April 27 to October 29 1967.
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The Story of the Embarcadero Freeway
In 1989, a massive earthquake partially destroyed the Embarcadero Freeway in central San Francisco, leading to its demolition.
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The Three Mile Island Accident
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania caused mass panic when it experienced a partial meltdown.
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Five Points, Manhattan
Five Points was the name of a neighborhood that used to exist in Lower Manhattan, in New York City, notorious for high crime.
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Where Do Americans Get Their News From?
According to a 2016 study done by Pew Research Center for Journalism and Media, four in ten Americans get their news online.
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