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What were George Washington's hobbies?

George Washington started riding horses at age 17. He was so renowned for his horse riding skills that Thomas Jefferson called him "the best horseman of his age." He was a fast and graceful rider.\nWashington loved to catch his own food. He would often go hunting before breakfast and go fishing during the day. He owned a large pack of dogs for fox hunting, and he personally bred the dogs to be better hunters.\nWhile many biographers have written about Washington's excellent hunting and riding skills, less well-known is Washington's love of interior decorating. He personally chose the..

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What was the Salt II Treaty?

The SALT II negotiations began in 1972 and spanned the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. The talks came on the heels of the success of SALT I, which primarily resulted in the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty during the 1972 Moscow Summit. However, SALT I didn't do anything to prevent the nations from using Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles, or MIRVs, on their missiles, so limiting the use of MIRVs became the initial focus of SALT II.\nIn addition to setting limits on nuclear forces, the SALT II Treaty also included measures to forestall any ..

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What were the programs of Elpidio Quirino?

Quirino's biggest challenge was the strong opposition he faced from the rival Nationalist Party, who accused him of misappropriation of funds. Though he was re-elected in 1949, it too came with rumors of voter fraud and intimidation.\nAs President, Quirino sought to improve the social and economic conditions of the Philippines and further established strong relations with Asian and Western countries. He also faced threats from the Communist "Huk" movement, a movement that was not suppressed until after his tenure.\nWhile his postwar reconstruction efforts were considered moderately succes..

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What is Henry Ford famous for?

The Model T was Ford's most famous early car model. Ford was also a believer in paying a fair wage to keep motivated and loyal workers. Ford constantly came up with new ideas on how to improve the quality of Ford vehicles and the efficiency of their production. His innovation even led him to meet with Thomas Edison about car design.

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Who invented makeup?

While modern cosmetics are generally worn by women, ancient Egyptians of both sexes adorned themselves with makeup. The fact that much of early makeup was made from poisonous ingredients did not lessen its use. It wasn't until the use of cosmetics reached Rome and Greece that its use became more prominent among women, who were viewed as more desirable while wearing it.

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Why did the pilgrims go to Holland?

Although the pilgrims were able to find homes in Holland, they found the life there hard. They wanted to find a land where they might attract others Puritans to join them and start building their own colony where they were free from the religious persecution of King James and the Church of England.

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Could World War II have been prevented?

Germany was punished harshly for its actions in World War I, and the Treaty of Versailles, the official document that ended that war and settled debts and disagreements between the combatants, laid a heavy burden on that nation. When Adolf Hitler came to power soon after WWI ended, he wished to rectify some of what Germany perceived to be an unjust degree of punishment laid out in the Treaty of Versailles. He also had a stated goal of uniting all German speakers in Europe under a single flag. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, hoping to avoid another devastating war, approached Hitler..

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What caused the Renaissance to end?

The Renaissance contained the seeds of its own end. The widespread development of art, science and literacy created an educated class who began to question Catholic teachings. Prominent among these was Martin Luther, a German monk who, while translating the Bible from the original Greek, discovered that church teachings like transubstantiation were not supported by the text. Already disturbed by the church's selling of salvation through indulgences and art patronage, Luther set off the Protestant Reformation when he nailed his "95 Theses" to the door of his own church.\nMuch of the Renais..

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What weapons did the Babylonians use?

At the time, though, bronze was top-of-the-line technology, and the Babylonians were so good at empire building that later armies modeled their weapons after Babylonian designs.\nThey did not possess bows; neither the long bow nor the cross bow have been found at excavations. Enemies such as the Akkadians did possess bows, so this weapon was not unknown to the Babylonian state. Babylonian warfare relied upon armored foot soldiers, instead of massive projectile fire or charging horsemen.\nBabylonian armor was constructed out of heavy leather studded with copper and bronze. They wore breastplate..

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Who discovered longitude and latitude?

Not much is known about the work of Eratosthenes and Hipparchus, but what little survives is evidence of how people long ago thought to organize maps into standardized grids. Because Eratosthenes had discovered the circumference of the Earth, Hipparchus could work from his calculations to establish a line of zero latitude (the equator) and lines of longitude. Through his own observations, Hipparchus learned how to measure latitude by observing the movement of stars over time, and he proposed a system of timed measurements to calculate longitude.\nLater, Ptolemy was the first to use a constant ..

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