![]() Cronus swallowed all of his children as soon as they were born, except for Zeus, who Rhea managed to hide from her husband. She was the sister and husband of Cronus, and together they had six children, the last of which was Zeus. ![]() In Greek mythology, Rhea was one of the Titans. The award statuette features the image of Britannia, the female personification of Britain. The Brit Awards are the British equivalent of the US’s Grammy Awards. There’s a famous video clip depicting the game’s catcher, Yogi Berra, leaping into Larsen’s arms after the last out. Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5. The only perfect game thrown during a World Series took place in 1956. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours.When you come to a fork in the road, take it.Yogi Berra is regarded by many as the greatest catcher ever to play in Major League Baseball, and has to be America’s most celebrated “author” of malapropisms. 36 Catcher in the World Series’ only perfect game : BERRA That moist atmosphere often produces an abundance of moss on and near the ground, leading to the alternative moniker of “mossy forest”. Spooky … 34 Misty tropical ecosystem : CLOUD FORESTĪ cloud forest is a tropical forest that has a particularly persistent cloud cover that maintains a moist atmosphere. The urban legend known as “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” usually features a hitchhiker who has been picked up and then disappears from the moving vehicle. And, Adele’s rendition of the title song is an added plus … 31 “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” subject : URBAN LEGEND “Skyfall” is one of the best Bond films so far, in my humble opinion. However, I saw “Skyfall” when it first came out and have been won over. I have not been a fan of Daniel Craig as James Bond (preferring Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan in the role). Famously, El Al only operates six days a week, not flying on the Sabbath. The company started operations in 1948, with a flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv. The term “el al” translates from Hebrew as “to the skies”. inaugural flight began in Geneva : EL ALĮl Al Israel Airlines is the flag carrier of Israel. “Ersatz” comes from the German verb “ersetzen” meaning “to replace”. Something described as ersatz is a copy, and usually not a good one. It has a drop in elevation of 325 feet along its length, with 165 feet of that drop taking place at Niagara Falls. The river is only about 35 miles long, so some describe it as a “strait”. The mighty Niagara River flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and forms part of the border between the US and Canada. Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest species to humans genetically. The bonobo is an endangered species that is now found in the wild only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. The bonobo used to be called the pygmy chimpanzee, and is a cousin of the common chimpanzee. “That will be ere the set of sun” is a line from William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, a line that is spoken by one of the three witches. Romo is also an avid amateur golfer and has even tried (albeit unsuccessfully) to qualify for the US Open golf championship. Tony Romo is a former quarterback who spent his entire NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys. In the end, Dickens’ story took precedence, and the picture artists found themselves illustrating what Dickens wrote, rather than vice-versa. Dickens was originally commissioned to provide text linking a series of planned illustrations depicting the misadventures of the members of hunting and fishing club as they ventured out into the countryside. “The Pickwick Papers” is an 1837 novel by Charles Dickens that was first published as a serial from 1836 to 1837. 14 Dickens’ “The Pickwick Papers,” originally : SERIAL I wonder do the kids of today know that “cc” stands for carbon copy, and do they have any idea what a carbon copy was? Do you remember how messy carbon paper was to handle? A kind blog reader pointed out to me a while back that the abbreviation has evolved and taken on the meaning “courtesy copy” in our modern world. 9 Informed as a courtesy, perhaps : CC’ED “Bocce” is the plural of the Italian word “boccia” meaning “bowl”. The Italian bowling game of “bocce” (often anglicized as “bocci” or “boccie”) is based on a game played in ancient Rome. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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