Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

What if elephants were covered with thick hair?

Velociraptor was a scrappy scavenger.

Triceratops is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, but you might not know everything about this dinosaur .

What if the neighborhood cat had teeth that measured a foot long?

Flying dinosaurs?

What if you were the size of a school bus?

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Invisible microbes cause sickness by invading our bodies and multiplying.

It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well.

People have always needed doctors.

Being sick is horrible.

I am a fearless shogun, the military ruler of Japan.

I am the mighty pharaoh of Egypt.

I am a powerful medieval king.

I am a Roman emperor, and my empire stretches from the sunny Mediterranean to northern Europe.

The ocean is filled with giant, strange, and scary creatures such as whales, octopuses, and sharks-but the prehistoric megalodon was powerful enough to crush a killer whale.

Did you know that dinosaurs weren't the only prehistoric beasts on Earth?

Gorillas can be pretty big, but just wait until you see Gigantopithecus.

What if elephants were as small as dogs?

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was a man of contradictions.

Theodore Roosevelt was thrust into the presidency after William McKinley's assassination in 1901.

In 1829 Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States, the first who did not come from a wealthy, east coast family.

Abraham Lincoln was born to poor parents, in a log cabin on the western frontier of a young nation.

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What if the neighborhood cat had teeth that measured a foot long?

What if elephants were covered with thick hair?

What if you were the size of a school bus?

Triceratops is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, but you might not know everything about this dinosaur .

Velociraptor was a scrappy scavenger.

Flying dinosaurs?

People have always needed doctors.

It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well.

Invisible microbes cause sickness by invading our bodies and multiplying.

Being sick is horrible.

I am a fearless shogun, the military ruler of Japan.

I am a Roman emperor, and my empire stretches from the sunny Mediterranean to northern Europe.

I am a powerful medieval king.

I am the mighty pharaoh of Egypt.

Noah Webster, famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language as spoken in the United States, was known in his day for his bold ideas and strong opinions about, well, everything.

Do you have much in common with kids from long ago?

In 1607, settlers from England established the Jamestown colony in North America.

In the mid-1840s, potato blight ruined the crops of impoverished farmers across Ireland.

In August 2005, a massive hurricane hit New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast.

On October 8, 1871, a fierce fire broke out in the bustling city of Chicago.

In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California.

On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory.

How quickly can you name 50 American heroes?

Meet some of the most intriguing sea-dwelling animals on Earth and learn about their superstar abilities-from hunting and hiding to solving puzzles and playing.

It's 1718 and the world goes dark for Jamie Flynn, who's been snatched from the docks to join Blackbeard's crew of the fearsome pirates.

At the age of five, Takeshi joins the other youngsters in a samurai's castle to train as a noble fighter.