Triple Crown

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2015 Belmont Stakes

Triple-Crown champion racehorse Secretariat

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Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

Tonalist (11), ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, edges out Commissioner (8), with Javier Castellano up, to win the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race in Belmont, New York, on June 7, 2014.

First Triple Crown Winner Since 1978?

President Richard M. Nixon smiles and gives the victory sign as he boards the White House helicopter after his resignation on August 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C.

Timeline of the 1970s

Sergeant Stubby or also known as Mascot Stubby. Unofficial mascot dog of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the United States with the 26th (Yankee) Division in World War I. War dog. Possibly a Boston terrier - also sometimes described as a Boston bull terrier

8 Famous Animals

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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

jeans, denim, pants, clothing

Why Do We Say “A Pair of Pants”?

Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry

How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?

Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta

9 Animals That Look Like Leaves

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Triple Crown: Media

American thoroughbred horse racing

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2015 Belmont Stakes

2015 Belmont Stakes

American Pharoah crossing the finish line to win the 147th Belmont Stakes and capture...

Seth Wenig/AP Images

Triple-Crown champion racehorse Secretariat

Triple-Crown champion racehorse Secretariat

Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte winning the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown...

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