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5 days ago · The term "Gold" as we know it today, actually derives from Old English and Germanic origins. The German Gothic language expressed gold with the word gulþa which later evolved into geolu in the Old English language. Geolu is translated to mean "yellow", thus naming the metal for it's most dominant characteristic; its golden yellow colour.
3 days ago · You decide. Legend has it that Rita Ranch, on Tucson’s southeast side, was named after actress Rita Hayworth by one-time beau Howard Hughes, who once owned the land on which the master-planned ...
2 days ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...
1 day ago · Origins. Presencia de América Latina ( Presence of Latin America, 1964–65) is a 300 m 2 (3,230 sq ft) mural at the hall of the Arts House of the University of Concepción, Chile. It is also known as Latin America's Integration. The concept and term came into use in the mid-nineteenth century.
1 day ago · The studio's record and music label, Hanna-Barbera Records, was headed by Danny Hutton and distributed by Columbia. Children's records featuring its characters were released by Colpix. Hanna-Barbera teamed up with the National Catholic Office for Radio and Television to produce 26 half-hour animated films in 1970, which never materialized.
3 days ago · The North American wood turtle’s scientific name is Glyptemys insculpta. Glyptemys means “carved turtle,” and insculpta builds on this, as it means “sculptured” in Latin. This refers to the annular rings on its scutes. Species. The wood turtle is one of two species in the genus Glyptemys, the other being the bog turtle (Glyptemys ...
3 days ago · The name “Allosaurus” means “different lizard,” alluding to the unique concave vertebrae of this dinosaur, which were different from that of any other dinosaur found before that time. Allosaurus belonged to a group of dinosaurs known as the Caronosauria. Members of this group are among the largest predatory dinosaurs to have ever lived.
