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Stanley Milgram

Stanley Milgram's experiments showed that people may act in inhumane ways when ordered to do so by an authority figure and when their peers also act in the same way

Trickster

The trickster, a figure who plays tricks or disobeys rules of behavior, is an archetype appearing in many cultures

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The geographical and historical isolation of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has resulted in the development an ecosystem with unique floral and faunal habitats

Languages of India

The Constitution of India recognizes 23 official languages, spoken in different parts of the country

Ghana Empire

The modern country of Ghana is named after the ancient Ghana Empire, although they do not share any common territory

Karst topography

Karst topography is characterized by subterranean limestone caverns, carved by groundwater

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously, for The Collected Poems published almost twenty years after her death by suicide

Veil 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 Calvary

Bookselling

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

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

Herbert of Cherbury

Herbert of Cherbury is best known as the "father of Deism"

Gas chamber

The gas chamber was originally introduced to provide a more humane method of execution than hanging.

Diamond

The word "diamond" derives from the ancient Greek "adamas," meaning "unbreakable" or "invincible."

Abenaki

The Abenaki largely relied on horticulture when it came to their diet, which is why villages often were located on or near river floodplains.

Indian Railways

Indian Railways constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting transporting six billion passengers a year

Galaxy

The word galaxy derives from "galaxias" meaning "milky," the Greek term for our own Milky Way galaxy

British Empire

The British Empire was known as "the empire on which the sun never sets"

Noahide Laws

The Noahide Laws are seven religious laws given to Noah to be followed by all people, Jew and Gentile

Aretha Franklin

By the end of the 1960s Aretha Franklin had come to be known as "The Queen of Soul"

Tina Turner

Tina Turner was born in Nutbush, Tennessee, a small rural community that she described in her 1973 hit song "Nutbush City Limits"

Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was one of the most powerful families in Europe being Holy Roman Emperors and rulers of Austria (and the Austrian Empire) for over six centuries

David Livingstone

David Livingstone, the first European to see it, renamed the Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall the Victoria Falls in honor of Queen Victoria

Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days

Florence

Florence, well known for art and architecture, is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance

Charles Loring Brace

Charles Loring Brace is considered a father of the modern foster care movement and was most renowned for starting the Orphan Train movement.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

During Mohammad Reza Shah's reign, Iran celebrated 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great

Patriarchy

Patriarchy literally means "rule of fathers"

Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott organized the visit of King George IV to Edinburgh in 1822, the first visit to Scotland by a reigning British monarch since Charles I of England visited in 1633

Granite

The sport of curling uses stones made of polished granite

Maitreya

The Maitreya, or "future Buddha," is expected to be a benevolent ruler over humanity, ushering in an era of peace and prosperity

Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile offenders are generally treated more in terms of reform than punishment with the result that probation, or suspended sentencing, is common

Family

The UN declared the family the fundamental unit of society and entitled to protection by the State

Yellow River

The Yellow River is known as the "Mother River of China" and "the Cradle of Chinese Civilization"

Pan (mythology)

The pan flute is named from its association with the Greek god Pan

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn's own life provided material for many of her best selling songs and her autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter," was a best seller and was made into an Oscar-winning film

Espionage

The use of espionage dates back well into ancient history.

Halo

Plain round halos typically have been used to signify saints and angels while square halos were sometimes used for the living

World Cup

The host nation for the World Cup final tournament is automatically qualified to play in the tournament

Academy Awards

George Bernard Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and won an Oscar for screenwriting

Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon has one of the highest concentrations of hoodoos of any place on Earth.