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Chile
Chile is situated within the Pacific Ring of Fire and has many active volcanos and has suffered many severe earthquakesRebecca Latimer Felton
The first woman to serve in the United States Senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton, aged 87, who served for one dayAppalachian Mountains
The birth of the Appalachian Mountains predates the formation of the American continentReserve Officers' Training Corps
ROTC in the United States began in 1916 with the passage of the National Defense Act that was intended to increase "preparedness" prior to the American entry into World War I.Shawnee
The Shawnee had their own version of the "Golden Rule"John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963Hel
In Norse Mythology "Hel" refers both to the cold realm inhabited by the dead who died not in battle and the cold deity who rules itAtheism
"Positive" or "strong" atheism is the assertion that no deities exist while "negative" or "weak" atheism is simply the absence of belief in the existence of any deityDaniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi is popularly known as "Nyayo," a Swahili word for "footsteps" which he used to describe his philosophyBattle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk, in which the Soviet Red Army defeated Hitler's German troops, was a turning point in World War II, giving the Soviets the strategic initiative on the Eastern FrontKalahari Desert
The Kalahari is the ancestral land of the Bushmen or San peoplesColin Cherry
Colin Cherry was the first to study the "cocktail party effect" which is the human ability to follow a single conversation in the midst of other conversations and background noisesIsaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, generally regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential scientists in history, wrote more on religion than on scienceNeolithic Age
The term "Neolithic" was invented by John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system of stone, bronze, and iron agesAkkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire has been described as the first true empire in world historyJames Frazer
James Frazer's distinction between magic and religion has been widely adopted by anthropologists since his timeNovatianism
Novatian opposed Pope Cornelius for accepting lapsed Christians, and established himself as antipopeNation-state
A nation-state is a political entity (sovereign state) that governs a cultural entity (nation) by successfully serving all its citizensYurt
Yurts have been a distinctive feature of life for nomads living on the steppes of Central Asia for at least three thousand yearsRalph Abernathy
Ralph Abernathy was the best friend, partner, and colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the earliest days of the American Civil Rights MovementPotawatomi
Potawatomi were forced to walk a "Trail of Death" from their homelands in Indiana to an Indian Reservation in KansasPrisoner of war
To be entitled to prisoner of war status, the captured service member must have conducted operations according to the laws of warItalian Fascism
The term "Fascism" derives from fasces, a bundle of rods used in the Roman Empire to symbolize strength through unityFrench Revolution
The French Republican Calendar, created and implemented during the French Revolution, declared 1792 as "Year I" and had a ten-day weekJames Watt
James Watt's improvements to the Newcomen steam engine provided much of the impetus for the Industrial RevolutionBankruptcy
In the Jewish law there was no provision for bankruptcy; instead, all unpaid debts were canceled every seven yearsIllusion
Illusions are distortions of sensory perception, "mocking" the senses so that most people are deceivedMargaret Thatcher
A Soviet newspaper gave Margaret Thatcher the nickname "Iron Lady," which she enjoyed as it reflected her uncompromising politics and steadfast leadershipWhale
Whales are the largest mammals, the largest vertebrates, and the largest known animals in the world.Sir Thomas Browne
The seventeenth century English author Sir Thomas Browne merged the new method of scientific inquiry with his Christian faithVeil of Veronica
The Veil of Veronica is said to have an imprint of the face of Jesus, imprinted on the cloth when Saint Veronica wiped the sweat of his face on the way to CalvaryOsama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden initially denied involvement in the infamous September 11, 2001 attacks on the United StatesRudolf Steiner
The life work of Rudolf Steiner was his development of Anthroposophy, a philosophy based on the premise that the human intellect has the ability to contact the spiritual worldToby Riddle
Toby Winema Riddle, one of few Native American women to be so honored, received a military pension by congressional act acknowledging her role as a key participant and mediator during peace and warTlingit
Tlingit spirituality is expressed through art, especially in the form of detailed carvings on totem polesLee Falk
Lee Falk's comic strip character 'The Phantom' inspired the costumed image of what has today become known as the "superhero."Philosophy
Until the Renaissance, 'philosophy' and 'science' were considered the same discipline.Research begins here...
