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  2. Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax - Wikipedia

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    The Arizona Republic described the remarks as the "most laughable line out of Tuesday's debate", [139] and humorists mocked the claims, at times citing the 1986 NBC sitcom ALF about a space alien who attempts to eat cats [140] [141] [142] while Sky News called it "fantasy world stuff with real world consequences". [143]

  3. AP World History: Modern - Wikipedia

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    e. Advanced Placement (AP) World History: Modern (also known as AP World History, AP World, APWH, or WHAP) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students in the United States through the College Board 's Advanced Placement program. AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding ...

  4. Portal:Current events - Wikipedia

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    A presidential debate hosted by ABC News between U.S. Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump takes place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (CNN) September 9, 2024 (Monday) edit. history.

  5. A history textbook for school students in China has mentioned the country's "war" on Covid-19 for the first time, triggering a debate on the administration's response to the pandemic.. The Xi ...

  6. World history (field) - Wikipedia

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    World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; leading practitioners have included Voltaire (1694–1778), Hegel (1770–1831), Karl Marx (1818–1883), Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975). The field became much more active (in ...

  7. Jerry H. Bentley - Wikipedia

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    Jerry Harrell Bentley (December 12, 1949 – July 15, 2012) [ 1] was an American academic and professor of world history. He was a founding editor of the Journal of World History since 1990. He wrote on the cultural history of early modern Europe and on cross-cultural interactions in world history. He was one of the cited experts in Annenberg ...

  8. List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

  9. List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...