Society

Founder of the Ninety Nines and a pioneer of women's rights in aviation and in general, Earhart was a famous pilot and explorer.

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Burj Khalifa, the tallest man-made structure in the world is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Brazilian Samba with its 2/4 rhythm arose from a mixture of African and European influences in the 1500s.

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Sinhalese and Tamil are the two languages that enjoy the status of being official languages in the country.

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Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital and largest city, is home to around 1 in every 10 of the country's residents.

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This is a list of some of the most popular women's sports teams that exist in North America.

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The official language of Gaudeloupe is French, although Creole is also commonly spoken.

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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route that facilitated the spice trade between India and Portugal.

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Art music is a general term often used to describe serious cultivated music, especially that in Western societies.

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74.9% of the population of the Sri Lankan population are Sinhalese, and Sri Lankan Tamils are the largest minority group.

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Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam, and the one which is spoken by a large majority of the country's population.

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Libreville, a port on the Komo River, is Gabon's biggest city and also the country's capital.

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Introducing New World crops to, and claiming lands for, England, Sir Walter Raleigh was a favorite in the English court for some time, until being tried and executed.

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Due to their associations with dark practices, most orthodox Hindus oppose the Aghoris, though they are highly regarded by many locals in northern India.

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Dutch Golden Age painting roughly coincides with the time during and after Netherlands' War of Independence from Spain.

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With around 16 million speakers Khmer, the official language of Cambodia, is the second most popular Austro-Asiatic language.

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The small Caribbean island of Grenada houses St. George's, the capital and biggest settlement of Grenada.

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As European nations were striving to expand their empires in Africa, David Livingstone was working as a missionary and explorer throughout the continent.

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Favelas are urban slums in Brazil, with the first arising in the 19th Century. Originally built by veteran soldiers, they continue to hold great cultural importance and pose socioeconomic challenges.

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