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Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 2000

Ice Age Haute Couture According to recent research by archaeologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the well-dressed Ice Age woman's outfit doesn't resemble anything like the…

Paleolithic art

(Encyclopedia) Paleolithic artPaleolithic artpāˌlēəlĭthˈĭk, –lēō–, pălˌ– [key], art produced during the Paleolithic period. Study and knowledge of this art largely have been confined to works…

Mississippi

Mississippi State Facts Organized as territory: April 7, 1798Entered Union: Dec. 10, 1817 (20th State)Present constitution adopted: 1890 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Miss./MSNickname…

Guyana

(Encyclopedia) CE5 GuyanaGuyanagīănˈə, –änˈ– [key], officially Co-operative Republic of Guyana, republic (2015 est. pop. 769,000), 83,000 sq mi (214,969 sq km), NE South America. It is bordered on…

List of Dinosaurs... By U.S. State!

State symbols have been around since 1893, when the World Fair in Chicago featured a National Garland of Flowers with a flower for each of the fifty states. While these flowers didn’t necessarily…

State Department Notes on Sudan

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Economy Defense Foreign Relations PEOPLESudan's population is one of the most diverse on the African continent. There are two…

Dinosaur Fossils (By U.S. State!)

Most people are familiar with their state’s official flower and flag, but did you know that almost every state has an official fossil as well? These state symbols are a representation of a territory…