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29 questions
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Alexander Fleming invented penicillin while on holiday.
Alexander Fleming invented penicillin while on holiday.
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Percy Spencer got the idea for the microwave oven from a melted chocolate bar.
Percy Spencer got the idea for the microwave oven from a melted chocolate bar.
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A very popular soft drink was invented by a pharmacist.
A very popular soft drink was invented by a pharmacist.
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The recipe of that drink is now known to everybody.
The recipe of that drink is now known to everybody.
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Pemberton died not knowing how successful his creation would become.
Pemberton died not knowing how successful his creation would become.
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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The Letter That Changed HistoryHave you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)____? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7)____, Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8)____. He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)____that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10)____. But the President died 11)_____.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted. Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted 29)______, and that`s what became history.
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One of the Great MythsIf you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted to 29)______, and that`s what became history.
One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)_____today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_____ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14)____ a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15)____ Spanish scholars who 16)_____ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_____ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_____years earlier, 19)_____out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_____moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)______that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_____with the scholars, but the 23)_____he had with them was about something 24)_____different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_____:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)______romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_____myth and superstition. That`s 28)______ people wanted to 29)______, and that`s what became history.