Voisin III
The Voisin III was a French two-seat bomber and ground attack aircraft of World War I, among the earliest of its kind. It is also notable for being the first aircraft in the war to win an aerial fight and shoot down an enemy aircraft.
Purple Rain Riot
Purple Rain Riot was an anti-apartheid protest held in Cape Town on September 2, 1989, four days before South Africa's racially segregated parliament held its elections. A police water cannon with purple dye was turned on thousands of Mass Democratic Movement supporters who poured into the city in an attempt to march on South Africa's Parliament. White office blocks adjacent to Greenmarket Square were sprayed purple four stories high as a protester leapt onto the roof of the water cannon vehicle, seized the nozzle and attempted to turn the jet away from the crowds.
Maison Louis Carré
The Maison Louis Carré is one of the most important private houses designed by Alvar Aalto.
Carlo Tononi
Carlo Annibale Tononi was a luthier who trained and worked with his father in the Tononi family workshop in Bologna, Italy. Before his death, Tononi modified his will to provide for his funeral. He requested that the proceeds from the sale of one of his cellos be used to pay for a mass to be said for his soul. On 21 April 1730, his executors published his will after his death. A genuine Tononi violin ranges in value from $45,000 to $450,000 depending on condition and provenance.
Agarwood
Agarwood is created when Aquilaria trees, which were traditionally planted around villages for their Feng Shui properties, are damaged, allowing a mould to attack the timber. When harvested, the infected, dark, resinous wood is pared away from the healthy, scentless, cream-coloured wood. The resin is especially coveted for its use in perfume and incense. Agarwood resin is distilled to create Oud oil, which is an essential ingredient in high-end perfumes.
Garfield Wood
Garfield Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water.
Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval was a man with a pet lobster.
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia. The town is known as the opal capital of the world because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. It is also famous for most of the residents living below ground, mostly in old mines refurbished, due to the scorching daytime heat.
Prambanan
Prambanan is the ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia.
Diatoms
Diatoms are a major group of microorganisms found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms number in the trillions: they generate about 20 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year; take in over 6.7 billion metric tons of silicon each year from the oceans in which they live; and contribute nearly half of the organic material found in those oceans. The shells of dead diatoms can reach as much as a half mile deep on the ocean floor; and the entire Amazon basin is fertilized annually by 27 million tons of diatom shell dust transported by westerly transatlantic winds from the bed of a large dried up lake once covering much of the African Sahara. Diatoms are unicellular; they can live alone or form colonies, taking shapes such as ribbons, fans, zigzags, and stars.