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Nicole Kidman & Huge Jackman: get hot and wet 78

Australia the Movie

Australia, the movie, is setting the movie world alight. Nicole Kidman is a sexy beautiful actress and the shots of her getting hot and sweaty in remote Australia, are hot, hot, hot...

38 comments    entertainment pictures movie
The famous photo of St. Paul's Cathedral during the Second Great Fire of London, December 194095

Living through the Blitz - how British civilians sheltered from the bombs

Within living memory, British people all over the country feared the constant rain of death that fell from the skies, day and night. This article is the story of how those brave men, women and children protected themselves from the bombs, fell victim to them, and lived their lives despite them. And how they came through the war victorious, despite the Blitz.

47 comments    history london second world war
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What If? : Questions in Subjunctive History

What if? All of us (or at least, the most of us) have encountered this question (or theory) sometimes in our lives. Oh yes, we all understand that living in the past has no use, that you cannot drive...

16 comments    education politics books
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B-24 Liberator - The American Heavy Bomber

December 29 1939 marked the first flight of the B-24 Liberator; the heavy bomber earns the distinction of being the most produced U.S military aircraft in history. The heavy bomber, manufactured by...

2 comments    history military world war ii
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Milan and Leonardo da Vinci

If you have planned a visit to Milan on important city in Italy's fashion capital can not, in my opinion, fail to devote a day of your vacation to one of the architects of the Italian Renaissance. Use...

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This map shows how the USA and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies formed opposing blocs of power during the Cold War. Europe was split between the communist allies of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and the non-communist allies. 76

The Cold War - an overview

The Cold War is the name given to the period from 1945 to 1990 when a high level distrust existed between the USA and the USSR. A conflict of opposing ideologies - capitalism and communism. The Cold War was...

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The Top 20 World's Best Places to Live 2008 Part I

Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28. New York, London, and...

4 comments    life pictures travel
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The Wonderful World Of Peanuts

First of all before we get started you should know that the peanut is not a nut at all. It is in fact a member of the pea family. Peanuts don't grow on trees they grow under ground. And you may ask where...

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Song Meanings - OMD Enola Gay

The story behind the lyrics to OMD's classic 1980's song Enola Gay.

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The Artist Sir Claude Francis Barry

Sir Claude Francis Barry was born in 1883 and trained as an artist in St Ives under Alfred Bast and in the Newlyn School of realist paintings. He was embraced by the art world at a very young age, and by age...

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