Christ the Redeemer is a 38-meter (124-foot) tall statue that can be found in this city.
The art-deco statue was created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. It was built between 1922 and 1931 at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain.
What is the most common tick-borne disease among humans in North America?
Originally mistaken for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, the disease was first diagnosed as a separate condition in 1975 in Lyme, Connecticut. is caused is caused by several bacteria species of genus Borrelia that spread to humans via tick bites.
Among this director's many hit films were Double Indemnity (1944), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Some Like It Hot (1959).
After seeing the Nazi's rise to power, Wilder moved to Hollywood in 1934. Although he spoke no English when he arrived, within five years he co-wrote Ninotchka (1939) with two others. The film was a major success and launched his career.
According to Greek mythology, Scylla and Charybdis were sea monsters found in this narrow body of water that separates Sicily from the Italian mainland.
Scylla was a rock shoal (described as a six-headed sea monster) on the Calabrian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. The phrase "between Scylla and Charybdis" has become an idiom used to describe navigating between two equally dangerous situations.
In September 1995, Pierre Omidyar founded this internet startup. Just three years later, it would go public with a market cap of nearly $2 billion.
Among the first items sold on eBay (then called AuctionWeb) was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken; the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers."
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