13/08/2022
Australia.
Also known as Ayers Rock, the Uluru is a huge sandstone formation located in the Northern Territory of Australia, reaching 348 meters above the surrounding area and more than 9 km of perimeter.
Due to its uniqueness, this geological formation is considered to be sacred by many aboriginal tribes.
Go.
The objective of this 2-player board game is to attempt to surround more territory than the opponent.
Go was invented in China more than 2500 years ago and is believed to be one of the oldest board games still to be played nowadays.
World Wide Web (WWW).
The English computer scientist was the creator of WWW in 1989 in CERN, Switzerland.
Berners-Lee is the current director of World Wide Web Consortium, an organization aiming for the continuous development of the Web.
Denmark.
Given the fact that Yugoslavia got banned from the competition due to the war in the country, Denmark entered the Eurocup 1992 held in Sweden.
Although the Danish team could not count with one of their best players – Michael Laudrup (who had retired from the team for not believing in the team’s success in the competition), they eventually ended up by beating Germany by 2-0 in the final and becoming champions.
To endlessly roll a huge stone up a hill.
According to the Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the founder of the city of Ephyra, and was condemned to a punishment “worse than dying” due to having tricked gods in multiple occasions, avoiding his own death.
On the side one can observe Sísifo, a picture from Titian finished in 1549.
Butterflies and moths.
Lepidopterology is the field of study that concerns both of these insects, which are under the order of the Lepidoptera.
In terms of etymology, the term comes from the ancient greek words Lepídos (scale), Ptéron (wing) and Logia (science).
Lateran Treaty.
The Lateran Treaty was signed in 1929 between the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III and the Pope Pius XI with the purpose of creating a civil territory that could be administrated by the Holy See, with the Pope as ruler.
Jim Morrison.
“Mr. Mojo Risin” is indeed obtained by scrambling the letters of the name “Jim Morrison” and was created for being part of the lyrics of “L.A. Woman”, as a reference to his own penis.
Triple Jump.
On the side one can observe a picture of Yulimar Rojas, current Olympic champion and current record holder of Women’s Triple Jump (15.74m).
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