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Category |
Date |
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211 |
The eleventh Labor of Heracles was to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/29/10 |
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212 |
While WWII was being fought around the world, Hitler captured many Jews and sent them to concentration camps that killed 6 million Jews. |
History > War |
11/28/10 |
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213 |
In Greek mythology the monster Typhon is buried beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/28/10 |
|
214 |
In Greek mythology, Jason's ship was called the Argo. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/23/10 |
|
215 |
In the Boy Scouts of America, a boy must earn a total of at least 21 merit badges in order to become an Eagle Scout. |
Hobbies |
11/21/10 |
|
216 |
In Greek Mythology, Jason obtained the Golden Fleece. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/21/10 |
|
217 |
Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple Computers. |
Technology > Computers |
11/19/10 |
|
218 |
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/19/10 |
|
219 |
In Norse mythology, Loki is the shape-shifting trickster god. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/18/10 |
|
220 |
Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies was actually born in France! |
Movies |
11/18/10 |
|
221 |
4% of Americans are vegetarian/vegan. |
Humanities |
11/09/10 |
|
222 |
Lucy and Linus have a younger brother named Rerun, who only occasionally appears in the "Peanuts" comic strip. |
Entertainment > Comics |
11/09/10 |
|
223 |
In Norse mythology, there were nine worlds. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/08/10 |
|
224 |
The author of the Percy Jackson books, Rick Riordan, has released a new series. The first book is The Red Pyramid. |
Literature |
11/08/10 |
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225 |
In Norse mythology, Ragnarok was the apocalypse that would ultimately destroy this world and the gods who ruled over it. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/08/10 |
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