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          General D. Jose de San Martin

            Giordano Bruno

              Plaza Giordano Bruno

                Mihai Viteazul 1558-1601

                Submitted by Karen Seidman[Location approximate]

                Submitted by Karen Seidman[Location approximate]

                  Helena Winterova

                  ZDE ŽILA HELENA WINTEROVAROZ. POPPEROVA NAR.1904 DEPORTOVÁNA, 1942 DO TEREZINA ZAVRAŽDENA V OSVETIMI   Submitted by Karen Seidman

                  ZDE ŽILA HELENA WINTEROVAROZ. POPPEROVA NAR.1904 DEPORTOVÁNA, 1942 DO TEREZINA ZAVRAŽDENA V OSVETIMI   Submitted by Karen Seidman

                  • prauge
                  • wwii
                  • 1942

                  Annie Russell Maunder

                  ULSTER HISTORY  ANNIE RUSSELL  MAUNDER  1868 -1947  Mathematician  Pioneering Astronomer  Maunder Lunar Crater  Maunder Minimum  born in Strabane    Submitted by @sineadlfarrell[Location approximate]

                  ULSTER HISTORY  ANNIE RUSSELL  MAUNDER  1868 -1947  Mathematician  Pioneering Astronomer  Maunder Lunar Crater  Maunder Minimum  born in Strabane    Submitted by @sineadlfarrell[Location approximate]

                  • mathematics
                  • astronomy
                  • maunder lunar crater
                  • lunar

                  Kostel Sv. Mikulase

                  Submitted by Karen Seidman

                  Submitted by Karen Seidman

                    Fragments of Gothic Tombstones, Mid-14th Cent.

                    Submitted by Karen Seidman

                    Submitted by Karen Seidman

                      Prague Synagogue Staronova Synacoga

                      Submitted by Karen Seidman

                      Submitted by Karen Seidman

                        T. Rex

                        Tyrannosaurus rex This full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model was made in the 1960's At that time only five T. rex skeletons had ever been found. All were incomplete, leaving many questions about this...

                        Tyrannosaurus rex This full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model was made in the 1960's At that time only five T. rex skeletons had ever been found. All were incomplete, leaving many questions about...

                          Mary "Mother" Jones monument and grave

                          We happened across this piece of U.S. labor history along Interstate 55, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. That doesn't compute, until you remember that much of Illinois was (and some still...

                          We happened across this piece of U.S. labor history along Interstate 55, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. That doesn't compute, until you remember that much of Illinois was (and some still...

                          • illinois
                          • coal
                          • unions
                          • labor
                          • mother jones

                          Geology of Minnesota, Minnehaha Falls

                          Submitted by @sadiemae_sage

                          Submitted by @sadiemae_sage

                          • geology
                          • minnesota
                          • minnehaha

                          Vauxhall Quay & Sutton Jetty

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                            John Sparke House

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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                            Beso

                            EN ESTE LUGAR, EN 1964 CASSIUS V. DIO SU PRIMER BESO.

                            EN ESTE LUGAR, EN 1964 CASSIUS V. DIO SU PRIMER BESO.

                            • 1964
                            • beso
                            • cassius

                            Glorieta de Los Insurgentes

                            CDMX  CIUDAD DE MEXICO  EL JEFE DE GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO  DR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MANCERA ESPINOSA ENTREGA LA REHABILITACION INTEGRAL DE LA GLORIETA DE LOS INSURGENTES PARA EL DISFRUTE DE...

                            CDMX  CIUDAD DE MEXICO  EL JEFE DE GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO  DR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MANCERA ESPINOSA ENTREGA LA REHABILITACION INTEGRAL DE LA GLORIETA DE LOS INSURGENTES PARA EL DISFRUTE...