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1. Limnology is the scientific study of the physical, geographical, chemical, and biological aspects of inland freshwater systems.
2. Anthracite is a hard type of coal with the highest overall heating value.
3. Carlo Rubbia is an Italian physicist who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with Simon Van der Meer.
4. Cadmus was a Phoenician prince who founded the city of Thebes according to Greek mythology.
5. Bellerophon is a hero from Greek mythology who tamed the winged horse Pegasus.
6. Maximillion Pegasus is a character from the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh.
7. William Temple was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 to 1944.
8. William Ramsay was a British chemist who isolated elemental gases from the atmosphere.
9. Case Honden is a breed of non-sporting dog from Holland.
10. Australian Cattle Dogs are a breed of working dog developed in Australia in the 19th century.
11. Cochin is a city and seaport in southwestern India on the Arabian Sea.
12. Richard Button is a former American figure skater who won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952.
13. Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor and a leading exponent of neoclassicism.
14. Stilts are a type of shorebird characterized by long, slender legs and long, thin black bills.
15. Perception is the process of organizing sensory stimulation into usable experience.
16. John Dryden wrote "Alexander's Feast" in 1697.
17. William Temple was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 to 1944.
18. Fantan is a Chinese gambling game also known as "Sevens" in the West.
19. Jaggu is a fictional desert planet in the Star Wars franchise.
20. Jammu is the largest city in the winter capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.
21. Water hyacinths are a type of tropical aquatic plant introduced from South America to Australia and the southern United States.
22. Gallicanism is a combination of theological doctrines and political positions supporting the relative independence of the French Roman Catholic Church and the French government.
23. Oh, Fight Swerg Roop was a Gnostic sect that flourished in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD.
24. George Grush was a German-American expressionist painter and illustrator.
25. Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer and proponent of total serialization.
26. The Leaky Cauldron is a London pub for witches and wizards in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
27. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey is a paleoanthropologist from Kenya.
28. Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote "The Gulag Archipelago".
29. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote "The Brothers Karamazov".
30. Oil birds are a type of bird that live in colonies in deep caverns in northern South America and Trinidad.
31. Adams Peak is a mountain in southern Sri Lanka with significance in Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic traditions.
32. Matthew Bryan Bush is an American professional baseball player.
33. Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in Australia who used the Australian bush as a refuge.
34. Jacob Frank was an 18th-century Polish theologian and mystic.
35. Alfred Wagner was a German meteorologist who advocated for the theory of continental drift.
36. Akima is a Native American Pueblo founded around 1075 AD.
37. Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who predicted the existence of the positron.
38. Walmart had $485.6 billion in revenue in 2015.
39. Antonin Artaud was a French actor, poet, and dramatist who coined the concept of the "Theater of Cruelty".
40. Abridgement of the History of the Human Race is a text that traces human history and activity until 1329.
41. The Polonia Marshes are poorly drained lowlands in southern Belarus and northern Ukraine.
42. The Hasmonean Kingdom existed from 140 to 37 BC and emerged due to the disintegration of the Macedonian Empire.
43. Oxford University is older than the Aztec civilization, with teaching starting as early as 1096.
44. The Aztec civilization began in 1325.
45. Studying for 30-50 minutes with 10-minute breaks is an effective method for improving retention.
46. Ligers are a cross between a tiger and a lion and can grow throughout their lives due to a genetic disorder called growth dysplasia.
47. The largest cat in the world is a 922-pound liger.
48. In 2016, 1,300 pounds of bronze Roman coins from the 3rd century were unearthed in Spain.
49. John Wassily Leontief was a Russian-American economist and Nobel laureate who created the input-output technique.
50. Riau is an archipelago in western Indonesia.
51. Phillipus Paracelsus was a German physician and chemist who defied the medical tenets of his time.
52. The National Ballet of Cuba was founded by Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso.
53. Henry L. Mencken was an American journalist, critic, and essayist.
54. Maurice Utrillo was a French painter known for his scenes of villages, cathedrals, and empty Parisian streets.
55. The Hasmonean Kingdom existed from 140 to 37 BC.
56. Labrador Retrievers are a breed of sporting dog trained to discover and fetch game.
57. Popcorn usually pops at around 150°C (300°F).
58. Cecil James Sharp was a British musician who awakened modern interest in English folk song and dance.
59. Raymond L. Ditmars was an American naturalist and herpetologist.