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Brain Games: 8 Philosophical Puzzles and Paradoxes

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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Do the Relics of Saint Nicholas Really Emit a Holy Substance?

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Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?

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Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

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Are Bats Really Blind?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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billiards

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billiards

In billiards
…with 21 balls and a cue ball; and pocket billiards, or pool, played with 15 balls and a cue ball. There are numerous varieties of each game—particularly of carom and pocket billiards.
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use of ivory

In ivory
…of piano keys (“ivories”) and white billiard balls, were replaced by equivalents made of plastics or other synthetic materials. See also ivory carving.
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