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Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

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What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

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What Did We Call America’s Elite Before the “1 Percent”?

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Also Known As	Saṃkhya • Sankhya

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ahamkara kaivalya prakriti guna sattva tamas rajas purusha āstika Yoga Vedanta Mimamsa Nyaya Vaisheshika

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Kapila

Vedic sage