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Marine engineering

Marine Engineers are the members of a ship's crew that operate and maintain the propulsion and other systems on board the vessel

Barbershop music

Barbershop music is a four-part a cappella style of singing famous for its "ringing" chords in which an overtone is produced that sounds like a fifth note

Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedenborg was a successful scientist and inventor before his spiritual awakening

Bushmen

The Bushmen have left over 20,000 individual rock paintings, all preserved in caves at more than 500 different sites.

Homeschooling

A large number of parents choose to homeschool their children to avoid the social and learning environments of schools

Lake Burley Griffin

Lake Burley Griffin, an artificial lake, is the centerpiece of Canberra, a planned city which serves as Australia's federal capital

Family

The UN declared the family the fundamental unit of society and entitled to protection by the State

Fahrenheit

The Fahrenheit temperature scale was proposed in 1724 by Amsterdam-based physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Harmandir Sahib

Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple of Amritsar) literally means "House of God"

Alfred L. Kroeber

Science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin's father is anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber who studied "Ishi," the last of the Yahi tribe

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam is famous not only for his scientific work but also his poetry, having written one thousand four-line verses

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton developed his famous deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" when he was just a small child

Iron

Iron is an essential element for all known forms of life

Passamaquoddy

Passamaquoddy are known for their arts and crafts, such as jewelry, basketry, wood carving, and building birch bark canoes

Zedekiah

Zedekiah was the Kingdom of Judah's last king

Esther Williams

"America's Mermaid," Esther Williams, was famous for movies featuring "water ballet" now known as synchronized swimming

Terrorism

The term "terrorism" comes from the "Reign of Terror" in the French Revolution

Paris, France

The name "Paris" is derived from its early inhabitants, the [[Celts

Rachel

Rachel was the favorite wife of Jacob, younger sister of Leah his first wife, and mother of his favorite sons Joseph and Benjamin

Paul-Henri Spaak

Paul-Henri Spaak was nicknamed "Mr. Europe"

Songhai Empire

At its height, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Songhai Empire was the largest empire in West Africa

Crucifixion

The goal of Roman crucifixion was not just death, but also dishonor

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building remained the tallest skyscraper in the world for over 40 years

Thanksgiving

As a liturgical festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental European Harvest festival.

Luanda

Luanda is one of several cities that has been called the "Paris of Africa"

Constantinople

In the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the richest European city and was known as the "Queen of Cities"

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal in Southern Siberia, Russia is the deepest lake in the world

Abnormal psychology

Many early societies attributed abnormal behavior to the influence of evil spirits.

Raja yoga

"Raja Yoga" means "Royal Yoga" or the "King of the Yogas"

Concentration camp

The term "concentration camp" was coined to signify the "concentration" of a large number of people in one place

Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow had a vision of a table where people sat talking about human nature, brotherhood, war and peace, and he devoted himself to developing a psychology for the "peace table"

Darius I of Persia

Darius the Great of Persia decreed that the Jews could rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem after its destruction by the Babylonians

Currency

Early forms of currency include ivory, beads, shells, and livestock such as cattle

Actors Studio

The Actors Studio is best known for Lee Strasberg's work developing and teaching method acting, based on the innovations of Constantin Stanislavski

Trimurti

The Trimurti is the Hindu representation of God as Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), and Shiva (destroyer)

Due process

The right to due process is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and [[U.S. Bill of Rights

Cherokee

Despite their cooperation with white settlers, which had earned them recognition as one of the Five Civilized Tribes, thousands of Cherokees were sent to their death on the Trail of Tears.

Dinosaur

Dinosaur means "terrible" or "fearsome" "lizard" or "reptile" and were so called by Richard Owen to express his awe at their size and majesty

Amos Alonzo Stagg

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.

Hogan

The Navajo word for hogan (hooghan) means "the place home"