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agonistic

Definition:(adjective) Striving to overcome in argument.
Synonyms:combative
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Sennacherib

The son of Assyrian king Sargon II, Sennacherib spent much of his reign fighting to maintain the empire established by his father. Though he undertook many military campaigns, he was devoted to building projects and oversaw the construction of numerous canals as well as one of the world's first aqueducts. Around 700 BCE, he built a magnificent palace, complete with a park and artificial irrigation, at Nineveh, which became the empire's major metropolis during his reign. Who murdered Sennacherib? More...
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Man Could Walk on Walls Using New Gecko Glue

Geckos have the gravity-defying ability to climb smooth walls and hang from the ceiling by a single toe, thanks to the intermolecular van der Waals forces that give the microscopic hairs on their toes incredible adhesive properties. Scientists, fascinated with the idea of creating a super-sticky dry glue that can easily be lifted and reapplied, have studied the gecko’s spatula-tipped setae and developed an adhesive based on nature’s design. The newest version, made from carbon nanotubes that mimic the lizard’s microhairs, is 10 times stickier than a gecko’s feet; a mere 1-in (2.5-cm) square can support the weight of a 220-lb (1-kg) man climbing a vertical surface. More on the subject...
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Columbus Makes Landfall in the Caribbean (1492)

Believing that Asia could be reached by traveling westward, Columbus's three-ship expedition set sail from Palos, Spain, in 1492. After a stop at the Canary Islands, Columbus sailed due west, turning in a more southerly direction after about a month at sea. Shortly thereafter, Columbus quelled a small mutiny, and, on October 12, landed at an island in the Bahamas. Columbus also explored nearby Cuba and Hispaniola before returning to Spain. How many ships set sail with his second expedition? More...
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Aleister Crowley (1875)

Crowley was a 20th century English occultist who developed a religious philosophy called Thelema. As a young adult, he was a member of the influential occult society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn but later turned toward Buddhism and Yoga. While on vacation in Cairo, Egypt, Crowley reportedly had a mystical experience involving a voice that dictated The Book of the Law, which expounds Thelemic religious philosophy. According to Crowley, what did the voice call itself? More...
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