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Albino rats used in biomedical research are specially bred brown rats (Rattus...
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Pulley.
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White cliffs of Dover, southeastern Kent, Eng.
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
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Knife blade made of Damascus steel.
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Types of keels
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Water at its boiling point.
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Rummaging for grain
A brown, or Norway, rat (Rattus norvegicus).
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Gurney used for lethal injection of death penalty convicts
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marshmallow roasting on a stick
A marshmallow roasting on a stick.
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Hanged man, the 12th card of the major arcana.
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Cross section of the wrist showing the carpal bones.
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Tanned hides after vat dying at a leather tannery in FĂšs, Morocco.
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