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  2. How Texas' history and mythology drive talk of secession

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    University of Texas government Professor Eric McDaniel says the Lone Star State's past secessions fuel the current idea that it could wrest free from the United States once again — but the dream ...

  3. List of solar eclipses visible from the United States

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    This is a list of solar eclipses visible from the United States between 1901 and 2100. All eclipses whose path of totality or annularity passes through the land territory of the current fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia are included. All types of solar eclipses, whether recent, upcoming, or in the past, are also included.

  4. Opinion: Ancient superstitions about eclipses paved the way ...

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    Eclipses have always brought with them a heady mix of science and superstition, but today, thanks to education and the media, nearly everyone knows what an eclipse is and how to view one safely.

  5. Government of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The judicial system of Texas has a reputation as one of the most complex in the United States, [10] with many layers and many overlapping jurisdictions. [11] Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan ...

  6. Solar eclipse of June 16, 1806 - Wikipedia

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    A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, June 16, 1806 (sometimes dubbed Tecumseh's Eclipse), with a magnitude of 1.0604. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.

  7. What ancient civilizations thought of solar eclipses

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    Total solar eclipses can inspire a certain amount of awe, but they're nothing to be scared of. Of course, nobody told Earth's ancient civilizations that. Eclipse is derived from the ancient Greek ...

  8. Eclipses in mythology and culture - Wikipedia

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    French Jesuits observing an eclipse with King Narai and his court in April 1688, shortly before the Siamese revolution. The periodicity of lunar eclipses been deduced by Neo-Babylonian astronomers in the sixth century BCE [6] and the periodicity of solar eclipses was deduced in first century BCE by Greek astronomers, who developed the Antikythera mechanism [7] and had understood the Sun, Moon ...

  9. El Paso's total solar eclipse in 1900 sets stage for April 8 ...

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    According to the National Weather Service, the most recent total solar eclipse within North or Central Texas was in 1878, and after Monday’s eclipse, there won't be another in our region until 2317.