Jane Gips

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Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan were two of Perkin's School's most famous students. Editorial credit: catwalker / Shutterstock.com

Society

What Is The Perkins School for the Blind?

View of Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Society

The Ethnic Composition Of Monaco

The ostrich will incubate its eggs for 35 to 45 days.

Did You Know

What Bird Lays the Largest Egg?

Howe's school was based on the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris, picture above.

Society

Who Was Samuel Gridley Howe?

Santiago is Cape Verde's largest island by both area and population.

World Facts

Where Is Macaronesia?

Fruit of the common pawpaw tree.

Environment

What Is a Pawpaw Tree?

Sign at entrance to Nanjangud city showing the name in Hindi, Kannada, and English. Editorial credit: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com

World Facts

What Are Dravidian Languages?

Children dressed up in costume examine comic books for sale in Samara, Russia. Action Comics #1 is notable for the first appearance of Superman. Editorial credit: VM.Shpilka / Shutterstock.com.

Did You Know

The Most Expensive Comic Book of All Time

Memorial monument at the Parque de la Memoria (Memory Park) in Buenos Aires. Editorial credit: Michel Piccaya / Shutterstock.com

World Facts

What Was the Dirty War?

Mary Celeste was found mysteriously abandoned, adrift in the Atlantic Ocean.

Society

Mary Celeste: The Abandoned Ship

The idea behind life insurance polices date back to the Ancient Romans.

Society

What is Life Insurance?

China (orange) is the fourth largest country in the world according to the total area and borders 14 countries in Asia.

World Facts

What Continent Is China In?

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