Conquer (verb): (3) to gain mastery over or win by overcoming obstacles or opposition

1. Conquer (verb): (3) to gain mastery over or win by overcoming obstacles or opposition.

A baby marsupial is known as a joey

1. A baby marsupial is known as a joey.

To be in an orbit, an object needs to satisfy the orbit equation.

1. To be in an orbit, an object needs to satisfy the orbit equation. In other words, our planet's rotation around the sun, our moon's rotation around earth, and all other countless orbital phenomenons in the galaxy where the bodies are not neither crashing into nor fading from their orbital partner, must perfectly satisfy this equation.




where:
u=reciprocal of the distance between the two objects.
e=the eccentricity of the orbit
a=the semi-major axis of the orbit (taken negative for a hyperbola)
theta=the true anomaly, which is an angular parameter that defines the position of a body moving along a Keplerian orbit

War and Peace, written by Leo Tolstoy, is the 17th longest novel

1. War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. It is the 17th longest novel written in Latin or Cyrillic based alphabet.

George Washington Carver was not the first person to make peanut butter. Records of peanut butter can be seen as early as 15th century Aztecs.

1. Although George Washington Carver is often credited with the "invention" of peanut butter, it arose independently in various cultures as early as 15th century.

The Woolworth Company, started in 1879 and the largest retail chain in the world by 1979, is now known as Foot Locker Inc.

1. The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, was the world's largest building from 1913-1930. Technically it was passed in 1930 by what is now known as Trump Building (70 stories). However, in that same year the Chrysler Building (77 stories) opened and a few months after the Empire State building opened (102 stories). The Empire State building was the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1931-1972.
2. The Woolworth Company, started in 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth, is now Foot Locker Inc. By 1979 it was the largest retail chain in the world.

Washington Bullets became the Wizards because of violent connotation of Bullets. However, Wizard is one of the highest KKK ranks.

1. On May 15, 1997 the Washington Bullets became the Washington Wizards. The team owner, Abe Pollin, felt "Bullets" had a violent connotation and after the assassination of his friend, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, he no longer wanted the team named "Bullets." Ironically, Wizard is one of the highest ranks in the Ku Klux Klan and the team is in a predominantly African-American city.

Utne Reader is a bimonthly self proclaimed "none-partisaned" magazine

1. Utne Reader is a bimonthly self proclaimed "none-partisaned" magazine founded in 1984 by Eric Utne and Nina Rothschild Utne. The magazine gathers and republishes articles from various sources.

Biomimicry examines nature to take inspiration from in order to solve human problems

1. Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems. One example is to see how a beetle harvests water from fog.

The term Gingham originates from ginggan in Malay language which means striped

1. Gingham is a plain-woven fabric made from dyed cotton. The name originates from an adjective ginggang in the Malay language which means striped.
2. R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît," which means "respond please."

SigAlert system was invented in Los Angeles in 1955 by Loyd C. "Sig" Sigmon

1. SigAlert system was invented in Los Angeles in 1955 by Loyd C. "Sig" Sigmon. Sigmon was an executive VP of a broacasting company and had worked on non-combat radio communications in U.S. Army's Signal Corps during WWII. He wanted to make a better way for LAPD to communicate accidents and server jams. Prior to this system, stations would individually call the LAPD, talking to officers who had to repeat the same information to each caller. The LAPD agreed to the use of the SigAlert system as long as Sigmon did not keep it exclusively for his own radio station.