Helicoprion
The helicoprion is an extinct, shark-like fish. The only fossils known are the teeth, which were arranged in a fantastic "tooth-whorl" strongly reminiscent of a circular saw.
Heinrich Berann
Heinrich C. Berann, the father of the modern panorama map, was born into a family of painters and sculptors in Innsbruck, Austria.
Hanging Monastry
The temple was constructed by drilling holes into the cliffside into which the poles that hold up the temples are set. Interestingly the temple is dedicated to not just one religion, but three, with Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism all practiced within the temple and represented in 78 statues and carvings throughout the temple.
L’enfer
L'enfer is an unfinished film by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Despite an unlimited budget from Columbia Pictures—Clouzot worked with three crews and 150 technicians—the shooting was beset by severe problems: everyone suffered from the record heat during July in the Cantal region; the main actor Serge Reggiani claimed to be ill; the artificial lake below the Garabit viaduct, an important part of the location, was about to be emptied by the local authorities; then Clouzot suffered a heart attack and was hospitalised in Saint-Flour. After three weeks, the film was abandoned.
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier who was killed in the first month of WW I. It is somewhat biographical - especially the name of the heroine Yvonne, with whom he had a doomed infatuation in Paris. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his friendship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood.
Henri Vever
Henri Vever was one of the most preeminent European jewelers of the early 20th century. Henri was also a collector of a broad range of fine art, including prints, paintings, and books of both European and Asian origin. At the peak of World War I, however, Vever was forced to dispose of the bulk of his collection, selling some 7996 prints to the Japanese industrial mogul Matsukata Kōjirō, who purchased them sight-unseen based on the collection's reputation.
Hoopoe
The hoopoe is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive crown of feathers.
Hermit crab
Unlike true crabs, hermit crabs have soft, vulnerable abdomens. For protection from predators, many hermit crabs seek out abandoned shells, usually snail shells. When a hermit crab finds one of the proper size, it pulls itself inside, leaving several legs and its head outside the shell.
Harry’s Bar
Harry's Bar is a legendary bar in Venice, Italy.
Huia
In Māori culture, the white heron and the huia were not normally eaten but were rare birds treasured for their precious plumes, worn by people of high rank. Although the Huia's range was restricted to the southern North Island, its feathers were valued highly and they were exchanged among tribes for other valuable goods, such as greenstone and shark teeth, or given as tokens of friendship and respect.