How Australia Won Its First Winter Olympics Gold Medal

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Questions and Answers: Volume 39

February is upon us. It is a time when we in the United States predict the weather on the basis of a rodent seeing its shadow, and we celebrate American presidents by buying linen and mattresses. We also celebrate romance and sweethearts by honoring a 3rd century Roman bishop who ...  Show more

The Battle of Trafalgar

In 1805, an epic confrontation occurred off the southwest coast of Spain, resulting in one of the greatest naval battles in history. This monumental sea battle saw the British and French fleets facing each other in one of the most important conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars. When ...  Show more

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