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The July 1924 killing of Robert Imbrie fueled the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and set the stage for both a CIA-backed 1953 ...

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Carl Hagenbeck believed that animals should be housed in habitats that mimicked their natural environment. Earlier, he'd ...

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