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This Sunday is all about moms.

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Who created Mother's Day?

Are You My Mother?

How The Artist's Mother became an American icon
How The Artist's Mother became an American icon
Why was Mother Jones called “the most dangerous woman in America”?
Why was Mother Jones called “the most dangerous woman in America”?
Why are children slightly different from their parents?
Why are children slightly different from their parents?
Learn about the life and works of Mother Teresa
Learn about the life and works of Mother Teresa

Animal Adventures

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How cats became pets
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Why spitting cobras don't technically spit
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How the Komodo dragon got its name
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Why don't birds have teeth?

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What does “percentage of rain” actually mean? 
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The history of Bollywood: From the Golden Age to today
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How facial hair styles have changed through history
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How was the Panama Canal built—and who owns it?
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What are tariffs and how do they work?
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Why do we add fluoride to our drinking water?
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Meet the endangered pangolin
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How scientists discovered new species of the king cobra
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Countee Cullen's poem “Confession”: Reading and analysis
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What came before the dinosaurs?
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Why is alcohol measured by proof?
An image of Joy Harjo, a Native American woman, imposed on a background of a notebook. A blue arrow points to Harjo with the label "poet laureate."
Joy Harjo explains the job of poet laureate

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