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10 Interesting Facts On Ancient Roman Soldiers
Ancient Roman soldiers may be divided into two main types, legionaries and auxiliaries. The former were citizens of Rome while the latter were not....
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10 Facts About The Disaster At The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is stationed near the city of Pripyat in Ukraine, which was formerly part of the Soviet Union. The nuclear...
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Booker T. Washington | 10 Facts On The American Leader
Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 – 1915) was an African American educator, author and orator who became one of the most prominent leaders of the...
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Jackson Pollock | 10 Facts On The Famous American Artist
Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956) was an American painter who is most famous for his style of painting known as drip painting. However, at...
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Edgar Allan Poe | 10 Facts On The Famous American Author
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer who remains a towering figure in world literature due to his many contributions including...
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Aristotle | 10 Facts On The Famous Ancient Greek Philosopher
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who, through his works in numerous fields, exerted an unparalleled influence...
Adam Smith | 10 Facts On The Famous Scottish Philosopher
Born in 1723, Adam Smith was a social philosopher and political economist from Scotland who is widely regarded as the Father of Modern Economics...
Rene Descartes | 10 Facts On The Famous French Philosopher
Rene Descartes is widely regarded as the father of modern western philosophy. Apart from being a leading philosopher, he also played a key role...
Nikola Tesla | 10 Facts About The Famous Scientist
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American scientist who is renowned for his enormous contribution to physics, especially to the field of alternating current (AC)...
John Locke | 10 Facts About The Famous English Philosopher
John Locke was an English philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the greatest western philosophers of all time. Locke was initially home...
Archimedes | 10 Facts On The Ancient Greek Mathematician
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, scientist and inventor. Little is known about the personal life of Archimedes and what is known comes from...
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Marathon | 5 Interesting Facts
Marathon is a common occurrence in the modern world. There are marathons for various causes held throughout the year in various places. Marathon is...
Nadia Comaneci – The Girl Who Achieved Perfection
Nadia Comaneci created a sensation in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics when she dazzled the judges with her performance to the extent that they...
