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Many winemakers use cork stoppers; but cork stoppers can leak, crumble
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Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on propert
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At the Freedom Party presidential nominating convention, Candidate Aku
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For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Vor
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Tiger sharks are common in the waters surrounding Tenare Island. Usual
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People native to islands far from major land masses usually subsist ma
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For the last several years, the most popular breed of dog in the Unite
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Last year, a certain orchard produced a record number of oranges. Will
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A team of Swedish scientists recently concluded a fifteen year study
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Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ti
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The united States is considering a ban on the importation of salmon
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Male bowerbirds construct elaborately decorated nests, or bowers. Basi
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Whales originated in the freshwater lakes and rivers of ancient Asia a
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Realism in painting and sculpture often indicates an advanced degree
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Once a charitable foundation bestows a grant of money to a chosen
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William Le Baron Jenney is considered the founder
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The enormous distances between stars are not spaces entirely devoid of
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Theorists are divided about the cause of the Permian mass extinctions.
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