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The Eiffel Tower, Paris.

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

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cloning. First cloned cat. First cloned companion animal. CC (copy cat) female domestic shorthair cat (b. Dec. 22, 2001) photo Jan. 18, 2002. Cloned at Texas A&M Univ. College of Vet. Med. & Biomedical Sciences. Reproductive cloning genetics DNA cc cat

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Close-up of tobacco plants in Ontario, Canada. Tobacco, Nicotiana, cured leaves used after processing in various ways for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and extracting of nicotine.

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

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Close-up of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.

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Westminster Abbey

Nicholas Hawksmoor

British architect