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  1. 15 hours ago

    It's a me – Mario!

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  2. 19 hours ago

    On this day in 1870, Italian troops occupied Rome, leading to the eventual incorporation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy and the limiting of papal governing authority to the Vatican itself and a small district around it.

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  3. Sep 19

    Ahoy mateys! It’s ! Let this here page from Return to FACTopia be the motivation ye need to spend the rest o' the day blabberin' like a pirate Return to FACTopia! is out next year!

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  4. Sep 18

    Why does music make me want to dance? Why do babies respond more to music than speech? This we are sharing this sneak peek inside our newest book, Britannica’s First Big Book of Why (Out in October) Find out more at:

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  5. Sep 17

    What are some common occupations in your country?

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  6. Sep 16

    What do you think people can learn from animals?

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  7. Sep 16

    Grito de Dolores, (“Cry of Dolores”) battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, first uttered by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, parish priest of Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato state), on September 16, 1810.

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  8. Sep 15

    What is the most beautiful song you've ever heard?

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  9. Sep 15

    in 1963, members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the predominantly African American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls. (📷: Library of Congress)

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  10. Sep 14

    On a scale from 1-10 (10 being the MOST excited), how excited were you to start school when you were younger?

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    Sep 6

    Want to put your literary knowledge to the test? Take this 60 question quiz by  to see how much you know. Be quick though, you only have 10 seconds per question!

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  12. Sep 14

    in 1879, American social reformer Margaret Sanger, who was a founder of the birth-control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field, was born. (📷: Bain News Service/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)

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  13. Sep 13

    How much do you know about the Met Gala?

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  14. Sep 13

    It's ! 🍯 Did you know that Bees can make honey without flower nectar? Some bees in France made honey after eating M&Ms – the honey was blue and green! 🍬 Find out more fun and wacky facts in Return to FACTopia! (out next year)

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  15. Sep 11

    , we remember those whose lives were lost twenty years ago. (📷: Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress)

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  16. Sep 10

    inn 1813, U.S. naval forces under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. (📷 Library of Congress, Washington D.C.)

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  17. Sep 9

    What did Cleopatra look like? 👀

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  18. Sep 9

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died in 1901. (📷: The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection)

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  19. Sep 8

    A journalist's contribution to the game. ⚾

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  20. Sep 8

    One thing's for sure, we're not "short" on facts. Read what one of our editors had to say:

    🇫🇷 Was Napoleon short?
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