Modern golf is considered to be a
Scottish invention
Bahadur Shah II, the last
Moghul emperor of
India, had little political power and was finally
exiled for
treason by the British
One of the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals was to achieve universal primary education, a level of schooling that includes basic literacy and numeracy
Castro's dying wish was to avoid a cult of personality developing by banning statues and naming of streets in his honor
The original meaning of "cartoon" comes from the Italian "cartone," meaning "big paper," and referred to a drawing made on paper as a full size study for artwork
The name "Black Hills" is a translation of the
Lakota "Pahá Sápa" - "hills that are black"
Francisco Pizarro founded the city of
Lima, which he named
la Ciudad de los Reyes (the City of Kings), to serve as the capital of
Peru on January 18, 1535
The ancestors of the
Pueblo people built incredible cities,
cliff dwellings, along the walls of canyons as well as enormous "great houses" and roads along the valleys
Andersonville Prison was notorious for its overcrowding, starvation, disease, and cruelty during the
American Civil War
The Bermuda Triangle in the
Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances, is also known as the Devil's Triangle
Graham Greene's intense focus on moral issues, politics, and religion, mixed with suspense and adventure, became the trademark of his popular novels.
The First Persian Gulf War was between the armed forces of
Iraq and
Iran and lasted from September 1980 until August 1988
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 war
Bethlehem means “house of meat” (Arabic) or “house of bread” (Hebrew)
Passamaquoddy are known for their arts and crafts, such as
jewelry, basketry, wood carving, and building birch bark
canoes
Several
Plains Indians tribes lived in semi-subterranean buildings covered with earth, known as earth lodges
The Waseda University academic cap is square and was specially designed to be unique, immediately identifying its wearer as a Waseda student
Unlike the
Phoenix of the Western World, the Feng-Huang is immortal without needing to go through a cycle of
death and re-birth.
As a liturgical festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental European
Harvest festival.
Patriarchy literally means "rule of fathers"
The Samaritan Pentateuch claims that only Mount Gerizim was authorized to be the sacred altar and
temple, not
Jerusalem
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.
Lloyd Morgan's Canon is both the most quoted and the most misrepresented statement in the history of comparative psychology
Key West, located in the Florida Keys, is the southernmost city of the continental United States and only 94 miles from
Cuba
Traditionally, marriage has been a prerequisite for starting a
family, which then serves as the building block of a
community and
society
Spanish painter Francisco Goya is both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the modern artists
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. outlived four of his children, who met tragic deaths while in the prime of their lives
The Golden Horde was a Mongol state established in the thirteenth century after the break up of the
Mongol Empire
It has been predicted that the land territory of Kiribati will be submerged as sea levels rise due to global climate change.
C. V. Raman completed his Masters degree in physics while still a teenager
The capital and largest city of Albania is Tirana
Wahhabism subscribes to the doctrine of oneness of God ("Tawhid"), rejecting aspects of contemporary
Islam as
polytheism
Beatrix Potter became an author of children's books after the scientific community rejected her because she was a woman
Blueprints were originally created using photosensitive blue coating on paper
