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![]() Some scholars hypothesize that Eden was located in Mesopotamia, which encompasses much of modern-day Iraq. 53 Ancient home : EDENĪccording to the Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve lived in a garden “in” Eden, with Eden being geographically located by reference to four rivers, including the Tigris and the Euphrates. The fruit has become very popular in recent years and its juice is a very fashionable addition to juice mixes and smoothies. 52 Palm tree superfood : ACAIĪçaí (pronounced “ass-aye-ee”) is a palm tree native to Central and South America. “Ent” is an Old English word for “giant”. Tolkien’s Middle-earth in his series of books “The Lord of the Rings”. ![]() 51 Tolkien tree creatures : ENTSĮnts are tree-like creatures that live in J. ![]() One major difference between the two types of vessel is that the mast on a cutter is set much further aft than the mast on a sloop. Sloops and cutters are sailboats, and each has just one mast. ![]() “Dinero” is a Spanish word meaning “money”, as well as a slang term for money here in the US. The crew fared even worse though, with only 24% making it. Perhaps more telling is that 61% of those in first class survived, and only 25% of those in third class. As a result, only 20% of male passengers survived the disaster, compared to 75% of the female passengers. When the order was given to abandon ship, the captain adhered to the traditional protocol of “women and children first”. Regulations only required that the ship have lifeboat capacity for 1,178 people, even though a full complement of passengers and crew was 3,547. The RMS Titanic set off on her tragic maiden voyage in 1912, sailing from Southampton, England bound for New York City. The Latin word for “grape” is “uva”, so “uvula” is a “little grape”. The uvula plays an important role in human speech, particularly in the making of “guttural” sounds. The uvula is a conical fleshy projection hanging down at the back of the soft palate. An earlier definition was “haughty, imperious” from the Middle English “sirly”, which literally meant “like a sir”. This meaning of “surly” has existed since the 1600s. Someone described as surly is menacing or threatening in appearance. The female form is “rani” (also “ranee”) and is used for a raja’s wife. “Raja” (also “rajah”) is a word derived from Sanskrit that is used particularly in India for a monarch or princely ruler. Those steam turbines usually drive electrical generators, or perhaps a ship’s propellers. That heat is transferred out of the core by a nuclear reactor coolant, and is used to turn steam turbines. Nuclear fission generates heat in the reactor core. 21 Nuclear energy device : REACTORĪ nuclear reactor is a device designed to maintain a self-contained nuclear chain reaction. I was interested to learn that one of my favorite composers, Philip Glass, is Ira’s first cousin. Host of the show is the much-respected Ira Glass. “This American Life” is a radio show that is broadcast weekly on National Public Radio (NPR). Grumpy (that would be me, according to my wife …).The names were added for the 1937 classic Disney film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. In the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale called “Snow White”, the seven dwarfs were not given any names. Prints that have been sepia-toned can last in excess of 150 years. Rather, it is the result of a deliberate preservation process which converts the metallic silver in the photographic image to a more stable silver sulfide. The “sepia tone” of old photographs is not the result of deterioration over time. Sepia ink was commonly used for writing and drawing as far back as ancient Rome and ancient Greece. “Sepia” is the Latinized version of the Greek word for cuttlefish, as sepia pigment is derived from the ink sac of the cuttlefish. Sepia is that rich, brown-grey color so common in old photographs. There is a pair of letters M (ems) in the word “Grammys”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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