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A marble tomb

September 14th, 2006

…was one of the wonders of the world and was built for King Mausolus in Halicarnassus, which inspired our name for similar structures today.

Attic

September 14th, 2006

This part of your house is named after a classical architectural style.

SARS

September 14th, 2006

Huang Xingchu, a chef from Guangdong, was the first reported human case of SARS. And when Singapore flight attendant Esther Mok went shopping in Hong Kong, she picked up this disease, which she spread to hundreds of other people…

The southern ape

September 14th, 2006

These hominids were discovered by an Australian named Raymond Dart. They’re a bridge genus between apes and Homo. And their name means “southern ape.” They are Australopithecus

César Award

September 14th, 2006

The César Award is named for sculptor César Baldaccini, and since 1975, the César for Best Foreign Film has gone to such movies as Lost in Translation, Four Wedding and a Funeral and Bowling for Columbine. The César is France nation’s equivalent to the Oscar.

Medusa

September 14th, 2006

Looking at her could turn you to stone, but Perseus used a mirrored shield and cut off her head anyway, which he hung on to so he could turn his own enemies to stone.

Walter Raleigh

September 14th, 2006

He supposedly laid his cloak in the mud for Queen Elizabeth. In return, she had his head chopped off, but she reportedly preserved it and kept it by her bedside so she could ask it for advice.

Gimli

September 14th, 2006

Gimli, axe-wielder, was the only dwarf in the Fellowship of the Ring.

1984 Winter Olympics

September 14th, 2006

Yugoslavia was awarded the 1984 Winter Olympics, despite never having won a Winter Olympic medal.

Peninsular War

September 14th, 2006

From 1808 to 1814, the Peninsular War raged across Iberian peninsula.

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