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The Strange Blue Glow That Saved Lives
Back in 1862, soldiers fighting in the American Civil War noticed a strange blue glow on their wounds. It took a couple of High School students to figure out what it was.
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John Wesley Powell: Wild West Explorer
Despite losing an arm in the US Civil War, John Wesley Powell was one of the great explorers of the American West, and made history as the man who mapped the Grand Canyon.
John D Ruddy
American Civil War in 10 Minutes
An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the American Civil War, how it started, what politics led to it, the key battles of the war and the key players such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
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Shiloh strong at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival - Opening Night - World Premiere of 'The Union' at New York NY. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Shiloh strong at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival - Opening Night - World Premiere of 'The Union' at New York NY. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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CLEAN : Israel starts work on new settlement amid US peace push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that the work on the ground had begun for the establishment of a new settlement in the occupied West Bank as US envoys prepared to discuss a new peace push
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Governing party candidate wins Kyrgyz presidential vote
Preliminary results from presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan show the governing party's candidate in the lead.
The former Soviet central Asian republic's elections commission said Sunday that Sooronbai Jeenbekov had...
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Wax Work Of Brangelina Baby Unveiled By Madame Tussauds
Wax work of Brangelina baby unveiled by Madame Tussauds, New York. 25 July, 2006
1. Wide Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
2. Wide Jolie, Pitt and Shiloh wax figures
3. Close-up was Shiloh
4. Medium Shiloh sign
5. Wide press
6. SOUNDBITE:...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has published more than 135 books, never writing the same type of book twice in a row. She has written mysteries, historical fiction, Wild West yarns, scary tales, and memoirs. Watch the interview to learn more...