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NAMED FOR AN EMPEROR

Many years ago, a Roman emperor named Constan­tine decided to move the capital of his empire from Rome to a city called Byzantium. Byzantium was in the country we now call Turkey. Constantine made…

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What we learn makes the difference

Botswana Kwi lives in a hot desert, so he doesn’t wear clothes. He has no house—his family travels from place to place to find food. Kwi is six years old. He lives in the Kalahari Desert in…

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A 250-million-year-old puzzle

Scientists tell us that about 250 million years ago there lived a big reptile called Dimetrodon. It was about as long as a small automobile. It ate smaller reptiles. Dimetrodon had a big fin like a…

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