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Planet

There was no formal scientific definition of "planet" until 2006

Darius I of Persia

Darius the Great of Persia decreed that the Jews could rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem after its destruction by the Babylonians

Johannes Vermeer

The Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer spent his life in Delft, the city of his birth

Avebury

Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles, dating to around 5000 years ago

Richard Felton Outcault

Richard Felton Outcault created the cartoon characters "The Yellow Kid" and "Buster Brown"

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi's name means "a bright collection of strange victories"

Korean War

The Korean War is technically not over since it ended with an armistice not a peace treaty

Bookselling

The earliest booksellers were scribes who copied books as they were demanded

Wahhabism

Wahhabism subscribes to the doctrine of oneness of God ("Tawhid"), rejecting aspects of contemporary Islam as polytheism

Marcus Daly

Marcus Daly was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana

Battle of the Alamo

The deaths of such popular figures as Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie contributed to how the Battle of the Alamo has been regarded as an heroic and iconic moment in Texan and U.S. history

Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, is Israel's largest freshwater lake

Banshee

The banshee's appearance may be that of an old hag or a beautiful young woman, but her cry has always been understood to herald death.

Mohawk

As original members of the Iroquois League, or Haudenosaunee, the Mohawk were known as the "Keepers of the Eastern Door" who guarded the Iroquois Confederation against invasion from that direction

Italian Fascism

The term "Fascism" derives from fasces, a bundle of rods used in the Roman Empire to symbolize strength through unity

Battle of Karbala

The Battle of Karbala was a defining moment in the separation of Sunni and Shi'a Islam

Rwanda

Rwanda is known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"

Kyoto University

Kyoto University was founded to train scientists to support the rapid industrialization of Japan during the Meiji period

Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine has been ironically summarized in Latin America as "America for the Americans"

Xiuzhen

Xiuzhen means “to practice and learn the way of the truth” and is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for immortality

B.R. Ambedkar

B.R. Ambedkar was the chief architect of the Constitution of India

Asteroid

There are millions of asteroids in the Solar System

Abiathar

When Abiathar escaped from King Saul and fled to David he brought the sacred ephod, which he used on several occasions to provide David with crucial advice from God

Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick the Great was an eighteenth century king of Prussia also nicknamed "der alte Fritz" ("Old Fritz").

Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann was the first to bring the phrase "Cold War" to common currency in his 1947 book by the same name

Constructivist architecture

Constructivist architects aimed to instill the avant-garde in everyday life, constructing the spaces in which a socialist utopia could be achieved

Benjamin Rush

Despite having been a slave owner himself, Benjamin Rush became an ardent abolitionist

Thailand

Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Thailand

Holocaust

The Jews of Europe were the main victims of the Holocaust in what the Nazis called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question"

John Calvin

Calvin's doctrine of predestination teaches that salvation is given only to those whom God has chosen, and that it is a free gift not contingent on anything they have done or will do

Joseph Warren

Joseph Warren died during the Battle of Bunker Hill, fighting in the front lines for the American Revolution

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt's paintings have brought some of the highest prices recorded for individual works of art

Mount Everest

The precise height of Mount Everest is unknown, with measurements ranging from 29,000 to 29,035 feet

Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow tried two important cases (the Scopes Trial and the Ossian Sweet case) after announcing retirement

Industrial agriculture

Most of the meat, dairy, eggs, fruits, and vegetables available in supermarkets are produced using industrial agriculture

Medjugorje

The location in Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where six teenagers had visions of Mary is known as "Apparition Hill"

Axiology

Axiology is the philosophical study of value

Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak is the founder of the Sikh religion

Tsimshian

Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest lived on salmon, which were plentiful prior to commercial fishing, and used Western Redcedar for most of their needs

Daniel arap Moi

Daniel arap Moi was popularly known as "Nyayo," a Swahili word for "footsteps" which he used to describe his philosophy

Gerald Ford

After assuming the presidency following the resignation of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon

Saint George

Saint George was martyred for refusing to make a sacrifice to Pagan gods

Acculturation

John Wesley Powell is credited with coining the word acculturation

Amos Alonzo Stagg

Amos Alonzo Stagg was an end on the first All-America team selected in 1889 and he was elected to both the charter class of the College Football Hall of Fame (1951) and the charter class of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.