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What are some interesting historical facts about Boston?

Due to its deep harbor and geographic location, Boston's port remained the busiest port in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Since its founding in 1630, Boston ranked among America's wealthiest, most influential cities throughout the Colonial period and beyond.\nThe infamous Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773 also took place in the city. Around midnight, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British tea ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor. The event served as a protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773. The Boston Tea Party is re-e..

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Who were the immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. This law barred Chinese immigrants from legally entering the United States, and the measure was driven by various organizations of workers living in the West who wanted to eliminate Chinese competition for jobs. This was the first time a particular ethnic group was legally barred from entry into the United States.\nIn 1892, in order to manage the large influx of foreign-born individuals, Ellis Island in New York was founded as an immigrant receiving station. It is believed that roughly 70 percent of all immigrants entered the United States through..

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When was the X-ray machine invented?

The x-ray machine was accidentally invented by Rontgen. According to the Scientist magazine, the first radiology department was set up in a Glasgow hospital within a year of this discovery. According to University of North Carolina, x-rays allow doctors to look directly through tissues and see broken bones, cavities and swallowed objects with ease. The discovery of x-rays earned Rontgen a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901.

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Who invented water?

Water is a polar molecule because of the difference in electronegativity between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms, which makes it an effective solvent. Because of the strong hydrogen bonds between molecules, it is also a very stable substance and has the second highest specific heat capacity of all known substances. Water is a vital substance for all living things despite the fact that it has no calories or organic nutrients. A human can only survive for three to five days without water.

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What was the Spanish-American War?

The Spanish-American War began in February of 1895 with the struggle for independence for Cuba from Spain. The United States entered the war effort after the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in 1898.\nThe war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. With this treaty, Spain receded its claim over Cuba, allowed Guam and Puerto Rico to become territories of the United States, and allowed the U.S. to purchase sovereignty over the Philippines.

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Who is Chris Putnam?

Chris Putnam and two friends created a Facebook virus as a prank while studying at Georgia Southern University. The virus was spread by infected users viewing other users' profiles. The virus caused the infected user's profile page to be reformatted to look like a MySpace profile and began deleting contact information. The virus spread rapidly and in less than one day Facebook was receiving complaints about the issue. The virus had even spread to Facebook's internal test accounts. According to Business Insider, Facebook tracked the virus back to Chris Putnam and he was contacted..

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What did Shakespeare study in grammar school?

In grammar school, Shakespeare (1564-1616) would have learned the alphabet, basic reading, the Lord's Prayer and a bit of catechism (religious lessons) from a primer or hornbook. Shakespeare's plays "Richard III" and "King John" both refer to this type of primer.\nLatin was the language of scholars in 16th-century English grammar schools. In addition to reading the Bible in Latin, Shakespeare would have also read Aesop's fables, Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and the works of writers from Cicero and Caesar to Seneca and Virgil, among other ancient Roman orators and poets. That educ..

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How many people died in World War I?

The number killed is not the whole picture when it comes to World War I casualties, as 4,121,090 people were either taken prisoner or declared missing and another 12,800,706 people were wounded during the war. Not all deaths reported were a result of battle wounds, however. For example, the death toll of American soldiers includes 63,195 soldiers dying from disease and accidents and 53,513 deaths on the battlefield.

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What equipment was common during World War I?

One important innovation for troops on the front lines was the "iron ration." This consisted of three bars of chocolate and three bars of a beef bouillon and parched wheat mixture designed to keep soldiers alive when they had no access to proper rations. The ration was lightweight and provided a decent amount of energy, but it was famously barely edible.\nAnother important piece of equipment, particularly along the western front, was the machine gun. These early weapons were cumbersome, unreliable and sometimes outright dangerous to their operators, but when deployed against massed infantry ch..

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What are some Pearl Harbor facts for kids?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president of the United States at the time of the attack, chose to declare war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to the attack, the United States had not been part of the war.\nThe attack lasted just over two hours.\nThere were 2,403 people killed in the attack, and 68 were civilians were among the casualties. There were 1,178 people wounded.\nJapan attacked using planes to both drop bombs and fire bullets at the base and submarines to fire torpedoes.\nThe United States lost several ships in the attack, including the U.S.S. Arizona, U..

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