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Faceted stone showing the various parts of a cut gem.

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Red Army (Soviet) soldiers in the Russian Revolution.

Russian Revolution Timeline

Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta

9 Animals That Look Like Leaves

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Odissi Indian classical female dancer on white background. (Indian dancer; classical dancer; Indian dance)

6 Classical Dances of India

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

jeans, denim, pants, clothing

Why Do We Say “A Pair of Pants”?

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Faceted stone showing the various parts of a cut gem.

Faceted stone showing the various parts of a cut gem.

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Three views of a brilliant-cut diamond

Three views of a brilliant-cut diamond

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