What is the world's largest fish?
The harmless whale shark holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in Thailand in 1919.
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- How did the cotton gin affect slavery?
“Eli Whitney's 1793 invention made cleaning cotton much faster. That made cotton hugely profitable and actually expanded slavery in the American South.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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