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| The Gulf of Tonkin Incident |
| The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was actually not one incident, but the report of two different incidents, both of which were said to have taken place in the Gulf of Tonkin, which is the northern arm of the South China Sea, located off the coast of Vietnam and southern China. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Little Known Facts about Venus |
| * Venus is the sixth largest planet. Its orbit is almost circular and varies only 1%. It has the most perfect orbit of all of the planets. It is the second planet from the sun. |
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| The Truth about Nutella |
| Nutella is like peanut butter, except better. It is a chocolate-hazelnut spread great for bread, fruit, crackers, waffles, or pretzels. It was first created in 1940 by the Ferrero company, now famous for their Ferrero Rocher chocolates. |
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| Strange Names and Fearsome Diseases of Colonial Times |
| Yellow Fever was known as the “American Plague”. Syphilis was considered having “Bad Blood”. “Brain Fever” was what we know today as Meningitis. “Rose Cold” is simply Hay Fever or nasal congestion from allergies. Rheumatism was known as “Screws”. |
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