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Human sexuality
Human sexual activity is more than a physical activity, it impacts the minds and hearts as well as the bodies of the participantsLebensraum
"Lebensraum" (German for "living space") was a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggressionHenry David Thoreau
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience influenced later nonviolent reformers, particularly Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 daysIroquois
Five tribes formed the original Iroquois Confederacy, which had a constitution known as the Gayanashagowa (or "Great Law of Peace") memorized with the help of special beads called wampumPetroglyph
Petroglyphs, or rock engravings, have been found dating back at least 10,000 yearsAbiathar
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 GodDybbuk
Belief in dybbuks, souls of the dead that attach themselves to living persons on earth, became widespread in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesPhoenician Civilization
The Phoenicians are credited with spreading the Phoenician alphabet throughout the Mediterranean world, so that it became one of the most widely used writing systemsW. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was the sole African American founder of the NAACPMuseum
The earliest museums in ancient Greece were educational institutions where scholars gathered and the arts and learning were cultivatedJohn 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 1963Zanzibar
The archipelago of Zanzibar was a separate state which united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania and still enjoys a high degree of autonomy within the unionPyramids of Giza
The Great Pyramid at Giza is the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existenceAlexander Stephens
Alexander Stephens suffered illness throughout his life and his resultant small size led to the nickname "Little Aleck"Kibbutz
Kibbutz members took pleasure in bringing the land back to life by planting trees, draining swamps, and countless other activities to make the land more fertile.Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty functioned as a lighthouse from its dedication in 1886 until 1902Indian Railways
Indian Railways constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting transporting six billion passengers a yearAncient Greece
The culture of Ancient Greece, from the period of around one thousand years ending with the rise of Christianity, is considered the foundation of Western civilizationSeminole
The Florida Seminoles are the only American Indian tribe never to sign a formal peace treaty with the United StatesCockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize was founded as the first wilderness sanctuary for the jaguarKelvin
Zero on the Kelvin scale is known as Absolute zero, the temperature at which nothing could be colderLewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition trekked 4,000 miles across America and only one man died, from appendicitisGrameen Bank
Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the initiation of microcreditIllusion
Illusions are distortions of sensory perception, "mocking" the senses so that most people are deceivedAtheism
"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 deityShawnee
The Shawnee had their own version of the "Golden Rule"Joseph Haydn
Haydn has been called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet"Melanesia
Melanesia consists of 2,000 islands and 12 million people who practice a variety of subsistence economiesHarriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was buried with full military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New YorkNew Yorker Hotel
When the New Yorker Hotel opened, guests had direct access to Penn Station by means of a private tunnelJesse and Frank James
Jesse and Frank James rarely robbed passengers on the trains they held upChe Guevara
Socialist revolutionary Che Guevara was born in Argentina and received the nickname "Che" because of his frequent use of the Argentine word Che, meaning "pal" or "mate"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. historyBatik
Wax resist technique of dyeing fabric is an ancient art form, dating back more than one thousand years
