In Ancient Greece the winners of the Panathenaic Games were given as prizes amphoras, containing as much as 10 gallons of olive oil News
Due to the Napoleonic Wars, the capital of Portugal was moved from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro for thirteen years. News
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William Hoy – the most accomplished deaf player in Major League history who established the signals for safe and out calls Administrative corner
The Octobass- An extremely large bowed string instrument that was first built around 1850 Strangeness
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