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Even though the Civil War ended in 1865, America still has some battle scars. It's been said, "time heals all wounds," but when it comes to your sense of pride and lifestyle being hurt...it can take longer.The Civil War has been called the turning point in the young life of America. Four bloody years of fighting that pitted north against south. Many are still fighting it.The North had it's immigrant workers and industry. The South -- plantations, slaves and an agricultural economy. The two clashed in the Civil War. The conflict took more american lives than any other.Hollywood makes movies...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 July 9 Analemma Credit & Copyright: Vasilij Rumyantsev (Crimean Astrophysical Obsevatory) Explanation: If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun's apparent shift is caused by the Earth's motion around the Sun...
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Baby sex ratios linked to latitude 00:01 26 April 02 Emma Young People living in southern Europe have more male children than those in the north - but the latitude link is reversed in North America. The findings rebut suggestions that temperature variations could explain altered sex ratios at different distances from the equator. Victor Grech and his team at St Luke's Hospital, in Malta used data from the World Health Organization to compare the male to female birth ratio in Europe and North America over 50 years. They split the continents into three separate bands: southern Europe, central Europe...
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Brazil: the largest country in South America declared its independence from Portugal (1822)
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