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Westminster Abbey
Since 1066, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held in Westminster AbbeyWhale
Whales are the largest mammals, the largest vertebrates, and the largest known animals in the world.Paul Revere
Paul Revere became a patriotic icon due to the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Paul Revere's Ride," which described Revere's midnight ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the BritNorman Bethune
In his lifetime Norman Bethune was virtually unknown in his homeland of Canada but received international recognition when Chairman Mao Zedong wrote about his work in ChinaMary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash started Mary Kay Cosmetics after retiring from her job frustrated at being passed over for promotion due to being a womanElisha ben Abuyah
Elisha ben Abuyah was known as "Acher" ("outcast") and condemned as a heretic by his fellow TannaimNorth Carolina
At 6,684 feet, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the U.S. East of the Mississippi River.Vocational education
The general philosophy of vocational education stands in stark contrast to the ideology of a liberal arts education.John Wesley
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, adopted unconventional practices, such as field preaching to reach factory laborers and newly urbanized masses uprooted from their traditional village culture at the start of the [[Industrial RevolutHawaii
Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States in 1959Zambezi River
The Zambezi River's most spectacular feature is Victoria Falls, which divide the upper and middle sections of the river.Ivy League
The term "Ivy League" came from the ivy plants that cover many of these institutions' buildingsHead Start
The Head Start program was initated as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on PovertySpace exploration
The first human being in space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961 and the first person to set foot on the moon was American astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969Johnny Appleseed
The legendary Johnny Appleseed was actually John Chapman, an evangelist for a Swedenborgian sect, who planted apple orchards along America's frontierJohn Rolfe
Many Americans are descended from John Rolfe and Pocahontas through their son, Thomas RolfeAffirmative action
Some policies adopted as affirmative action, such as quotas for race or gender in college admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discriminationMartin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work to end racial segregation through nonviolent means; at the time he was the award's youngest recipientJohann Jakob Bachofen
Johann Jakob Bachofen's seminal work Mother Right presented a radically new view of the role of women in a broad range of ancient societiesWeimar Republic
Historians invented the phrase "Weimar Republic" for the government of Germany from 1919 to 1933 officially called Deutsches Reich, usually translated as "The German Reich"Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuriesUrie Bronfenbrenner
Developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner believed that children need sustained interaction with their parents and a supportive society in order to develop into successful adultsStephen Covey
Stephen Covey coined the idea of "abundance mentality," which allows everyone to be successful rather than winners vs losersChristmas Island
Christmas Island was uninhabited until the late nineteenth century and so has many unique species of fauna and flora that evolved independently of human interferenceDwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961Tina Turner
Tina Turner was born in Nutbush, Tennessee, a small rural community that she described in her 1973 hit song "Nutbush City Limits"Georges Perec
Georges Perec's detective novel La disparation was written entirely without using the letter "e"Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, is Israel's largest freshwater lakeConstantine I
Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to accept ChristianityMethuselah
Methuselah is famous for having lived 969 years, according to the Bible, a lifespan much beyond current human longevity and thus the subject of much speculationBhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej, king for 70 years, had the longest reign in [[ThailandXiuzhen
Xiuzhen means “to practice and learn the way of the truth” and is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for immortalityEmma of Normandy
The name "Emma" was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife of King Ethelred the Unready of England and then of King Canute the Great of DenmarkTariff
Tariffs may be classified into three groups: transit duties, export duties, and import duties.Bookselling
The earliest booksellers were scribes who copied books as they were demandedPulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes were established by the Hungarian-born American journalist, Joseph Pulitzer, a prominent newspaper publisher who was also responsible, along with William Randolph Hearst, for originating yellow journalismAretha Franklin
By the end of the 1960s Aretha Franklin had come to be known as "The Queen of Soul"Cheyenne
Cheyenne were involved in the Indian Wars: Southern Cheyenne were killed at the Sand Creek Massacre and Northern Cheyenne participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn defeating George Armstrong Custer and his troopsEdward VII of the United Kingdom
King Edward VII was known as the "uncle of Europe" as he was related to nearly every other European monarchFahrenheit
The Fahrenheit temperature scale was proposed in 1724 by Amsterdam-based physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
