What is yellow fever? – History of medicine
Kids with yellow fever in Mississippi about 1870. See how all the people are white? The hospital wasn't letting black kids in, or hiring black women as nurses. Where did [...]
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What are hurricanes? Weather science
A hurricane in Cuba - Hurricanes happen near the equator What is a hurricane? A hurricane (also called a typhoon or a cyclone) is basically a huge spinning wind. Okay, then [...]
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Spain loses her colonies – 1800s
Maria Christina Spain was among the first Western countries to get colonies in the 1500s, and it was among the first to lose its colonies in the 1800s. In 1810, Chile [...]
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History of Angola – African History
Kingdom of Ndongo In 1500 AD, some of the people who lived in what is now Angola were Bantu and some were San. A Bantu man from Congo, Kiluanje, probably started the [...]
