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Featured Article: Florence

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Florence (Italian: Firenze,) is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and capital of the province of Florence. From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Known for art and architecture, it is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Dante, political theorist Machiavelli, astronomer Galileo, the Medici family, which ruled the city for generations, navigator Amerigo Vespucci, and humanitarian Florence Nightingale all called Florence home.

Popular Article: Toad

Golden Toad

Broadly defined, toad is the common term applied to largely terrestrial members of the amphibian order Anura, whose frog-like body generally is characterized by short legs, a stocky body, and a drier, rougher skin than frogs. This division of anurans into toads and frogs is a popular, not a scientific distinction; it does not represent a formal taxonomic rank. More narrowly defined, the "true toads" are those anurans that belong to the taxonomic family Bufonidae.

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Aaron Burr famously dueled with Alexander Hamilton, mortally wounding him (source: Aaron Burr)

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