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2018 Winter Olympics: Curling

Thawing gender relations on the ice Source: AP Photo/Aaron FavilaRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics…

Mick Jagger

singer, songwriterBorn: 7/26/1943Birthplace: Dartford, Kent, England Lead singer of the rock and roll group The Rolling Stones, Jagger is truly a legend, known as much for his onstage antics as he…

Blarney

(Encyclopedia) Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century…

2006 Olympics: Curling

Think shuffleboard on ice by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Curling Medal StandingsCurling Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Curling Did You Know…

2010 Olympics: Curling

Think shuffleboard on ice by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics Encyclopedia: Ancient…

2014 Winter Olympics: Curling

Think shuffleboard on ice Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics Curling Through the Years…

Recent Discoveries

Recent Discoveries: A Saharan Stonehenge Scientists have confirmed that an assembly of huge stone slabs in Egypt's Sahara Desert is the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in…

Paleolithic period

(Encyclopedia) Paleolithic periodPaleolithic periodpāˌlēəlĭthˈĭk, –lēō–, pălˌ– [key] or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is…

bluestone

(Encyclopedia) bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue…

Kaaba

(Encyclopedia) Kaaba or CaabaCaababoth: käˈbə or käˈəbə [key] [Arab.,=cube], the central, cubic, stone structure, covered by a black cloth, within the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The sacred…