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Did you know that hamburger was once named "Hamburg steak" after the German city
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"Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of
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It's a curious youngster's dream come true! DK's Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia
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The revised, 21st-century edition of The American Heritage Children's Dictionary,
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This encyclopedia can make anyone feel like a scientist! Not only does it have fascinating
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Where in the heck is Hekimhan? Do they farm sheep on the Shepherd Islands? Is there much
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Ever wonder what a tardigrade might have looked like? Or what tree wetas eat? Now you can
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