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How did Martin Luther King protest?

One of King's most successful early protests was against the Montgomery, Alabama transit system after Rosa Parks was arrested. Black people were the primary customers of the bus service, and King's influence affected it greatly since a majority of its users were black. King's ability to organize proved to be one of his strongest weapons in the fight against discrimination.\nKing credited Mahatma Gandhi with inspiring his vision of nonviolent protest. Gandhi's ability to organize large-scale, peaceful protests was instrumental in driving the British out of India, and King wa..

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What is the value of a 48-star flag?

The 13-star American flag is the only flag variation more common than the 48-star version. Other versions of the flag include one with 49 stars and the 43-star version that was used less often than the unofficial 42-star flag, due to the sudden admission of Idaho into the Union. Civil War era flags with 34, 35 or 36 stars are relatively rare, while the rarest are those which do not fit into any of these categories, so long as they were official at one point.

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What was the first animal on Earth?

Comb jellies have been in existence for over 500 million years and were the first animals to use their muscles for swimming. Jellies consist of 95 percent water, and their structural proteins, muscle and nerve cells form an internal skeleton. Jellies have a primitive nervous system called the nerve net, but they have no stomach, intestines or lungs. They are named after their eight plates of fused cilia called combs, which help in locomotion. Most jellies have a single pair of tentacles with specialized cells to catch their prey.

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What are some facts about the family of Davy Crockett?

Born in 1786, Davy was their fifth child. John Crockett worked in various positions while raising his family, including presiding magistrate, commissioner for road construction and Frontier Ranger. After moving from Davy's birthplace, Limestone Creek in Greene County, Tennessee, to Greenville in the same county, John then moved the family to Cove Creek, where he started a milling business. When a flood destroyed the mill and family home in 1794, the family moved again, opening a log-cabin tavern between Abingdon, Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Davy was 8 years old at the time.\nDavy ..

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When was the flash drive invented?

Two Asian companies also laid claim to the flash drive's invention. The Singaporean company Trek Technology and the Chinese company Netac Technology both filed lawsuits to defend their alleged invention of the device. Although Trek Technology won such a lawsuit in Singapore, their patent was revoked in the United Kingdom. Officially, the patent for the flash drive belongs to IBM.

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What are the most interesting and least well-known Roman aqueduct facts?

The Romans built their aqueducts from a combination of brick and stone, to which they added a special volcanic cement known as pozzuolana. They built the aqueducts above the ground so nothing could obstruct their paths. When a natural obstacle appeared, the Romans simply built the aqueduct over it or cut through stone to clear the path. Some wealthy Romans had their own private aqueducts to bring water to their remote villas.

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When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, serving from 1861 to 1865. During his presidency, Lincoln led the country during its bloodiest war, the Civil War. Lincoln also freed all individuals owned as slaves in 1863 by signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809 and is sometimes referred to as Honest Abe and the Great Emancipator.

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What is the significance of the Little Rock Nine?

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, all laws establishing segregation in schools became unconstitutional. The school board of Little Rock, Arkansas, agreed to comply with the ruling, and in 1957, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) registered nine black students in previously all-white Little Rock Central High School. On September 4, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists and prevent the black students from entering the school.\nIn response, President Dwight Eisenh..

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Why was the radio invented?

Born in Bologna, Italy, in 1874, Marconi was fascinated by Hertz and Righi's discoveries in physical and electrical science. He received a private informal education but was granted permission to sit in on university classes and spend time working in school laboratories. The first radio system he created could transmit signals over one and a half miles. His mother saw the commercial potential of wireless technology and took him to England where the family formed The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in 1897. That same year, he was granted the word’s first patent for a system of wirele..

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What countries were involved in D-Day?

D-Day was originally scheduled for June 5, 1944, but poor weather conditions delayed it until June 6. The operations related to D-Day were Operation Overlord and Operation Neptune. Both operations began on D-Day. Operation Overlord referred to the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, and Operation Neptune was the assault phase that focused on establishing a beachhead in France. Operation Neptune was completed on June 30, 1944. Operation Overlord was completed on Aug. 19, 1944, after the Allies crossed the River Seine.\nApproximately 156,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day. Troops came in by air ..

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