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Joe Biden Family Tree | Next President of the United States?

Donald Trump Family Tree: CREDITS: ========================= Chart: Matt Baker https://usefulcharts.com/ Narration: Jack Rackam https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQz… Animation: Syawish Rehman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0O… Intro music: “Lord of the Land” by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from http://incompetech.com

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Be-Bop en Cave, Saint Germain des Près, 1951 photo by Robert Doisneau 50s | Pinterest

Jun 24, 2015 – hollyhocksandtulips: “ Swing…. Photo by Robert Doisneau, 1951 ” Source: Be-Bop en Cave, Saint Germain des Près, 1951 photo by Robert Doisneau 50s photo print couple dancing long full ski… | Couple dancing, Robert doisneau, Swing … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Secret Weapon In The South: Small, Dead, But Still Kickin’

October 10, 201212:49 PM ET ROBERT KRULWICH Look at this map, and notice that deep, deep in the Republican South, there’s a thin blue band stretching from the Carolinas through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. These are the counties that went … Continue reading →

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Pin on Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri Aboriginal paintings

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri was an early Papunya Western desert Artist. Unlike many early artists, he continued painting and innovating for over 30 years. He was at the forefront of the evolution of Aboriginal painting from traditional to abstract. Read More: … Continue reading →

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Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells

Cells from Henrietta Lacks gave rise to a historic cell line from which many have profited — although, for decades, her family were not compensated.Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty A major biomedical-research organization has for the first time aimed to … Continue reading →

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Study Finds 5 Distinct Dog Types From 11,000 Years Ago – ScienceBlog.com

An international team of researchers that includes a Texas A&M University professor has studied the lineage of dogs and found that there were at least five different types of dogs as far back as 11,000 years ago. Anna Linderholm, director of … Continue reading →

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How Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India with Trains | Empires of Dirt

There is a misguided idea that India should be grateful for the democracy, law and trains that the British Empire brought to their country. But along with these ‘gifts’, Britain also stole $45 trillion from India during its long and … Continue reading →

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How Banks Made Money From Slavery | Empires of Dirt

VICE World News host Zing Tsjeng explores how the City of London and its financial institutions profited from slavery in America long after the slave trade was abolished. Empires of Dirt is a show about Europeans getting rich at the … Continue reading →

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The Genius of Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker, also known as bird, is a legendary jazz musician who has influenced many of today’s genres and helped develop the genre bebop. Bebop is a subgenre of jazz that is recognized as being difficult to dance to, but … Continue reading →

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That famous cello prelude, deconstructed

Bach’s G major prelude has captivated cellists and music lovers for years. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein deconstructs it. Bach’s six cello suites are considered a rite of passage for cellists. They’re masterpieces of classical music, and the prelude in G major … Continue reading →

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What Covid-19 therapies are there?

There is no approved drug against COVID19, but more than 600 interventional clinical trials are ongoing as of beginning of May 2020. Recently the malaria drug chloroquine received widespread attention after a briefing by the US-president Trump and some Lupus … Continue reading →

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‘I just wanted to be white’

The racism and abuse suffered by thousands of children born to African-American fathers and white German mothers in post-war Germany. Watch: ‘I just wanted to be white’

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