{"id":3045,"date":"2018-08-14T09:36:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2018-08-14T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:36:33","slug":"biographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biographies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of these texts are from Newsela. Remember &#8211; you can change the difficulty of the text to suit your level.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3026 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-300x153.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-600x307.png 600w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should be easy! If you understand less than 90% of the words, it&#8217;s too difficult for you.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">World Leaders<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-adolf-hitler\/id\/19529\/\">Adolf Hitler<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-alexander-thegreat\/id\/19123\/\">Alexander the Great<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-che-guevara\/id\/19241\/\">Che Guevara<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-cleopatra\/id\/19102\/\">Cleopatra<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-fidel-castro\/id\/19228\/\">Fidel Castro<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-leader-genghis-khan\/id\/19127\/\">Genghis Khan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-henry-viii\/id\/19237\/\">Henry VIII<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-joseph-stalin\/id\/19232\/\">Joseph Stalin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-caesar\/id\/19119\/\">Julius Caesar<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-king-tut\/id\/19173\/\">King Tutankhamun<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-mao-zedong\/id\/19539\/\">Mao Zedong<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-mohandas-gandhi\/id\/19524\/\">Mohandas \u201cMahatma&#8221; Gandhi<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-napolean\/id\/19132\/\">Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-nelson-mandela\/id\/19136\/\">Nelson Mandela<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-queen-elizabeth-I\/id\/19548\/\">Queen Elizabeth I<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-queen-victoria\/id\/19554\/\">Queen Victoria<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-ramses-great\/id\/27939\/\">Ramses the Great<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leaders-lenin\/id\/26717\/\">Vladimir Lenin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leaders-vladimir-putin\/id\/23421\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-world-leader-winston-churchill\/id\/19194\/\">Winston Churchill<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Women Leaders<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-women-leaders-florence-nightingale\/id\/19478\/\">Florence Nightingale<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-women-leaders-joan-of-arc\/id\/19498\/\">Joan of Arc<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-women-leaders-malala-yousafzai\/id\/19503\/\">Malala Yousafzai<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-women-leaders-mother-teresa\/id\/23439\/\">Mother Teresa<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-pocahontas\/id\/18798\/\">Pocahontas<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-women-leaders-nefertiti\/id\/19217\/\">Queen Nefertiti<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Religious Leaders<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-religious-leader-buddha\/id\/19569\/\">Buddha<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-religious-leader-dalai-lama\/id\/19564\/\">Dalai Lama<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/read\/lib-jesus-christ-christianity\/id\/38201\/\">Jesus Christ<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/read\/lib-ushistory-islam-muhammad\/id\/26634\/\">Muhammad<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/read\/bio-philosophers-confucius\/id\/20675\/\">Confucius<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Artists<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ru\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiR3qDy8uzTAhUELcAKHTLlAl4QFggsMAE&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsela.com%2Farticles%2Fbio-artists-frida-kahlo%2Fid%2F27591%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjmTLl2CYJp_lDHHULuxwdhqV-5w&amp;sig2=cn9iMFmorAnOEnZ8Glkmwg\">Frida Kahlo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-artist-michelangelo\/id\/19248\/\">Michelangelo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-artists-pablo-picasso\/id\/24336\/\">Pablo Picasso<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-artist-vincent-van-gogh\/id\/19252\/\">Vincent van Gogh<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Authors<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-author-anne-frank\/id\/19473\/\">Anne Frank<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-authors-f-scott-fitzgerald\/id\/29940\/\">F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-author-mark-twain\/id\/19836\/\">Mark Twain<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-author-shakespeare\/id\/19274\/\">William Shakespeare<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneur-bill-gates\/id\/18964\/\">Bill Gates<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneur-henry-ford\/id\/18911\/\">Henry Ford<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneurs-jay-z\/id\/19998\/\">Jay Z<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneur-john-d-rockefeller\/id\/18978\/\">John D. Rockefeller<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneurs-levi-strauss\/id\/19969\/\">Levi Strauss<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneurs-steve-jobs\/id\/19991\/\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-entrepreneur-walt-disney\/id\/18982\/\">Walt Disney<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Inventors and Scientists<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-albert-einstein\/id\/18901\/\">Albert Einstein<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-alexander-graham-bell\/id\/19018\/\">Alexander Graham Bell<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-ben-franklin\/id\/18898\/\">Ben Franklin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U5-7-darwin-bio\/id\/3742\/\">Charles Darwin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U3-3-DmitriMendeleev\/id\/3561\/\">Dmitri Mendeleev<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U2-5-EdwinHubble\/id\/3604\/\">Edwin Hubble<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U2-2-GalileoGalilei\/id\/3580\/\">Galileo Galilei<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-johannes-gutenberg\/id\/18991\/\">Johannes Gutenberg<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-da-vinci\/id\/19190\/\">Leonardo da Vinci<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-Louis-Braille\/id\/20573\/\">Louis Braille<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-louis-pasteur\/id\/18999\/\">Louis Pasteur<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U3-4-MarieCurie\/id\/3584\/\">Marie Curie<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U2-3-NicolausCopernicus\/id\/3587\/\">Nicolaus Copernicus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-nikola-tesla\/id\/19024\/\">Nikola Tesla<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U2-4-IsaacNewton\/id\/3600\/\">Sir Isaac Newton<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-scientists-stephen-hawking\/id\/19412\/\">Stephen Hawking<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-wright-brothers\/id\/20852\/\">The Wright Brothers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-inventor-thomas-edison\/id\/18920\/\">Thomas Edison<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Musicians<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-aretha-franklin\/id\/20642\/\">Aretha Franklin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-bob-dylan\/id\/20812\/\">Bob Dylan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-bob-marley\/id\/20568\/\">Bob Marley<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-jimi-hendrix\/id\/20856\/\">Jimi Hendrix<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-john-lennon\/id\/20807\/\">John Lennon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-ludwig-van-beethoven\/id\/20815\/\">Ludwig van Beethoven<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-ravi-shankar\/id\/20559\/\">Ravi Shankar<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-musician-wolfgang-mozart\/id\/20558\/\">Wolfgang Mozart<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Philosophers<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-philosophers-aristotle\/id\/23504\/\">Aristotle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-philosophers-confucius\/id\/20675\/\">Confucius<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">US <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Presidents<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-politicians-donald-trump\/id\/21590\/\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-lincoln\/id\/14279\/\">Abraham Lincoln<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-obama\/id\/13539\/\">Barack Obama<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-fdroosevelt\/id\/13693\/\">Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-gwbush\/id\/13543\/\">George W. Bush<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-jfkennedy\/id\/13606\/\">John F. Kennedy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-richardnixon\/id\/13614\/\">Richard M. Nixon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-reagan\/id\/13579\/\">Ronald Reagan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-troosevelt\/id\/13966\/\">Theodore Roosevelt<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-clintonbill\/id\/13547\/\">Bill Clinton<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/prezbios-wilson\/id\/13865\/\">Woodrow Wilson<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">First Lady Profile<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-politicians-hillary-clinton\/id\/21596\/\">Hillary Rodham Clinton<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-firstlady-mobama\/id\/17332\/\">Michelle Obama<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Explorers<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-amelia-earhart\/id\/18853\/\">Amelia Earhart<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-christopher-columbus\/id\/18780\/\">Christopher Columbus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-edmund-hillary\/id\/18847\/\">Edmund Hillary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-ferdinand-magellan\/id\/18871\/\">Ferdinand Magellan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/BHP-U8-3-ibn-battuta\/id\/3879\/\">Ibn Battuta<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-james-cook\/id\/18851\/\">James Cook<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-leif-eriksson\/id\/20637\/\">Leif Eriksson<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-louise-Arner-Boyd\/id\/28659\/\">Louise Boyd<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-neil-armstrong\/id\/18787\/\">Neil Armstrong<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-explorer-vasco-da-gama\/id\/18886\/\">Vasco da Gama<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Others<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-royalty-anastasia-romonov\/id\/20823\/\">Anastasia Romanova<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/bio-sports-serena-williams\/id\/20033\/\">Serena Williams<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of these texts are from Newsela. 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