Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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Bram Stoker, an Irish author, wrote the classic gothic novel, Dracula, ushering the legend of the vampire into mainstream European and American culture. Though the novel is partially set in Transylvania, a region in central Romania, Stoker never travelled to Eastern Europe!
The spikes on the Statue of Liberty’s crown aren’t actually part of the crown. They are meant to be a part of a halo, or an aureole, and each spike represents one of the world’s seven seas and continents. The spikes were temporarily removed in 1938 so that their rusted supports could be replaced.
The game Operation was invented by a university student at the University of Illinois in 1962 as part of a class assignment to invent a toy or game. The patient in the game is named ‘Cavity Sam’.
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Bram Stoker, an Irish author, wrote the classic gothic novel, Dracula, ushering the legend of the vampire into mainstream European and American culture. Though the novel is partially set in Transylvania, a region in central Romania, Stoker never travelled to Eastern Europe!
The spikes on the Statue of Liberty’s crown aren’t actually part of the crown. They are meant to be a part of a halo, or an aureole, and each spike represents one of the world’s seven seas and continents. The spikes were temporarily removed in 1938 so that their rusted supports could be replaced.
The game Operation was invented by a university student at the University of Illinois in 1962 as part of a class assignment to invent a toy or game. The patient in the game is named ‘Cavity Sam’.
Bram Stoker, an Irish author, wrote the classic gothic novel, Dracula, ushering the legend of the vampire into mainstream European and American culture. Though the novel is partially set in Transylvania, a region in central Romania, Stoker never travelled to Eastern Europe!
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