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Elf
The earliest preserved description of elves comes from Norse mythologyInternet
The internet was first conceived of in the 1946 science fiction short story, "A Logic Named Joe"Xiuzhen
Xiuzhen means “to practice and learn the way of the truth†and is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for immortalityMohandas K. Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace PrizeOsama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden initially denied involvement in the infamous September 11, 2001 attacks on the United StatesKanji
Kanji are the Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing systemDaniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan regarded the breakdown of the family, particularly the black family, as central to the problem of povertySamaritan Pentateuch
The Samaritan Pentateuch claims that only Mount Gerizim was authorized to be the sacred altar and temple, not JerusalemPhillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American female writer to be published in the United StatesPrisoner of war
To be entitled to prisoner of war status, the captured service member must have conducted operations according to the laws of warCode of Hammurabi
The term "written in stone" comes from the Code of Hammurabi, first King of the Babylonian Empire, who had the laws inscribed on a large stone stelePicts
The Picts - "painted people" - were ancient inhabitants of Scotland who lived north of Hadrian's WallUnited States Constitution
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of RightsFlute
Some form of flute has been used in virtually every world culture and as far back in time as 40,000 years agoThailand
Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of ThailandAncient 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 civilizationPop music
Pop music is generally understood to be commercially recorded music with the goal of having mass audience appeal, with the result that its style changes significantly depending on the time and placeJournalism
News-oriented journalism has been described as the "first rough draft of history"Centaur
The most common theory of the origin of centaurs is that when non-riding cultures first saw nomads mounted on horses they thought they were half-horse, half-man creatures.Purple Heart
The Purple Heart was originally created as the Badge of Military Merit by George WashingtonPagan Kingdom
The Kingdom of Pagan was the first kingdom to unify the regions that constitute modern-day Burma (Myanmar)Cairo
Cairo is nicknamed "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architectureItalian Fascism
The term "Fascism" derives from fasces, a bundle of rods used in the Roman Empire to symbolize strength through unityJohn Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
John Lubbock became Lord Avebury in recognition of his efforts to preserve the Avebury archaeological siteAegean Sea
Many of the island chains in the Aegean Sea are extensions of the mountains on the mainlandEgypt
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world and the second-most populous on the African ContinentMohawk
As original members of the Iroquois League, or Haudenosaunee, the Mohawk were known as the "Keepers of the Eastern Door" who guarded the Iroquois Confederation against invasion from that directionSatan
Abrahamic religions do not consider Satan to be a wholly evil being, but rather one who became the adversary of his creator, GodChichen 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 thMilitary-industrial complex
The term "military-industrial complex" was first used publicly by Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address on January 17, 1961Pluto
Pluto, considered the solar system's ninth planet since its discovery in 1930, was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 20060 (number)
0 (zero) was the last numerical digit to come into useMorean War
The Morean War against the Ottoman Empire was the Republic of Venice's last expansionist campaignGreat Flood
The story of Noah's flood may not be the most ancient of the flood stories that exist in cultures around the worldHoward Carter (archaeologist)
William Flinders Petrie, from whom Howard Carter learned his archaeological skills, had little faith in Carter's ability to be a great archaeologistMauna Loa
The Hawaiian name "Mauna Loa" means "Long Mountain"Bushmen
The Bushmen have left over 20,000 individual rock paintings, all preserved in caves at more than 500 different sites.Bogota, Colombia
The city of Bogota, Colombia has been called the "Athens of South America"Grenada
Grenada is known as the "spice isle" because it is a leading producer of several different spicesAlexander the Great
Alexander the Great was called "the Two-Horned One" in Islamic and Arabic-language sources and "Alexander the Cursed" in Zoroastrian literatureAbenaki
The Abenaki largely relied on horticulture when it came to their diet, which is why villages often were located on or near river floodplains.Lake Burley Griffin
Lake Burley Griffin, an artificial lake, is the centerpiece of Canberra, a planned city which serves as Australia's federal capital
