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Yurt
Yurts have been a distinctive feature of life for nomads living on the steppes of Central Asia for at least three thousand yearsEmpire State Building
The Empire State Building remained the tallest skyscraper in the world for over 40 yearsLucien Levy-Bruhl
French anthropologist Lucien Lévy-Bruhl suggested that human beings use two kind of thinking: “mystical thinking” which was the essence of the "primitive mind" and rational thinking which is the hallmark of the "civilized mind"Dinosaur
Dinosaur means "terrible" or "fearsome" "lizard" or "reptile" and were so called by Richard Owen to express his awe at their size and majestyCole Porter
Unlike most successful Broadway composers, Cole Porter wrote both the lyrics and the music for his songsGoliath
Goliath, champion warrior of the Philistines, was reputed to be over nine feet tall yet he was defeated by the young Israelite boy David, who later became kingColin Powell
Colin Powell began his military career in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at City College of New YorkAxial Age
Many of the great philosophers and religious leaders including Confucius, Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Zarathustra flourished at roughly the same time, a period called the Axial Age by Karl JaspersFujian
Many famous teas originate from Fujian, including oolong, Wuyi Yancha, Bai Hao Yinzhen (Silver needle) white tea, and Fuzhou jasmine teaShark
The smallest sharks are only as big as a human handPrisoner of war
To be entitled to prisoner of war status, the captured service member must have conducted operations according to the laws of warAbenaki
The Abenaki largely relied on horticulture when it came to their diet, which is why villages often were located on or near river floodplains.John Locke
John Locke believed human beings start life "from scratch," with the mind at birth a "tabula rasa" or blank slate, which is then filled with knowledge through experienceCelsius
In 1742, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius created a temperature scale which was the reverse of the modern Celsius scaleRwanda
Rwanda is known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter became an author of children's books after the scientific community rejected her because she was a womanBushmen
The Bushmen have left over 20,000 individual rock paintings, all preserved in caves at more than 500 different sites.Internet
The internet was first conceived of in the 1946 science fiction short story, "A Logic Named Joe"Beijing
The name Beijing literally means "northern capital"Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
The MBTI differs from standardized tests measuring traits that can be improved with practice, instead identifying preferred types.Magnetism
The phenomenon of magnetism was known in ancient times but it was not until the nineteenth century that the connection was made between magnetism and electricityGeorge Jones
George Jones and Tammy Wynette recorded many hit duets that made the couple the undisputed king and queen of country musicNicolaus Copernicus
The "Copernican revolution," placing the sun instead of the Earth at the center of the universe, is considered "the" scientific revolution and marked the starting point of modern astronomy and cosmologySolomon Asch
Solomon Asch's experiments uncovered the tendency to conform among many people, but they also revealed the existence of independence in the face of erroneous group opinion.Waseda University
The Waseda University academic cap is square and was specially designed to be unique, immediately identifying its wearer as a Waseda studentArthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip was the first governor of New South Wales, the first colony in AustraliaKelvin
Zero on the Kelvin scale is known as Absolute zero, the temperature at which nothing could be colderAcademies (Shuyuan)
Yuelu Academy (Shuyuan) was established in 976 C.E. and still exists today as Hunan UniversityIndustrial agriculture
Most of the meat, dairy, eggs, fruits, and vegetables available in supermarkets are produced using industrial agricultureWilliam Matthew Flinders Petrie
Despite lacking formal education Flinders Petrie pioneered systematic methods in archaeology and was the first to use seriation, a new method for establishing the chronology of a sitePotawatomi
Potawatomi were forced to walk a "Trail of Death" from their homelands in Indiana to an Indian Reservation in KansasBogota, Colombia
The city of Bogota, Colombia has been called the "Athens of South America"Seoraksan
The Cheonbuldong valley on Seoraksan in South Korea is named for rock formations that look like 1,000 BuddhasChichen Itza
The pyramid "El Castillo" at Chichen Itza was constructed so that on the equinoxes the rising and setting sun casts a shadow in the shape of a plumed serpent, representing the feathered-serpent god Kukulcan or Quetzalcoatl, that slides down thNorthern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are the northernmost islands of MicronesiaPapua New Guinea
The motto of Papua New Guinea is "Unity in Diversity"Bermuda Triangle
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
