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Caesar salad has nothing to do with the Roman emperor. It was actually invented in 1924 by Caesar Cardini, an Italian restaurant owner in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Video clips from Winsor McCay's Gertie on Tour (1921).
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Learn how Hollywood movies transitioned from silent to sound.
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Overview of the samba de roda, a traditional dance in Bahia state, Brazil.
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Gold and other mineral deposits in parts of the Amazon River basin have drawn both corporate and individual mining efforts.
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Shantytowns filled with gold miners in the Amazon River basin.
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Portrait of Rio de Janeiro as a city of contrasts.
