What was special about these medal winners in the history of the Olympics?
Silver : Jasna Šekarić — Women's 10m Air Pistol
Bronze :
Aranka Binder — Women's 10m Air Rifle
Stevan Pletikosić — Men's 50m Rifle prone
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274. The noble laureates who flunked....
In 1921, 1528 gifted schoolchildren were selected from a population of about 250,000. These children were chosen by their teachers as having shown signs of giftedness, and were then further filtered by subsequent “tests”.
The progress of these children was tracked throughout their lifetimes and actually continued till 2005, and collectively, between them the gifted ones had published 2000+ scientific and technical papers, ,60 books and monographs, 230 patents, 33 novels, 375 short stories, and 265 articles.
Surprisingly two subsequent Nobel laureates failed to make the grade: William Shockley, the inventor of the transistor, and Luis Alvarez, for the liquid hydrogen bubble chamber.
What was this group popularly referred to as?
The progress of these children was tracked throughout their lifetimes and actually continued till 2005, and collectively, between them the gifted ones had published 2000+ scientific and technical papers, ,60 books and monographs, 230 patents, 33 novels, 375 short stories, and 265 articles.
Surprisingly two subsequent Nobel laureates failed to make the grade: William Shockley, the inventor of the transistor, and Luis Alvarez, for the liquid hydrogen bubble chamber.
What was this group popularly referred to as?
273. Meal of Meals?
This plant, also known as the obedience plant, is a large perennial herb of genus Maranta found in rainforest habitats. It is also the name of the edible starch from the rootstocks of the West Indian herb.
It used to be very popular in British cuisine, though Napoleon supposedly said the real reason for the British love of it was to support their colonies
Archaeological studies in the Americas show evidence of its cultivation as early as 7,000 years ago. The name may come from aru-aru meaning meal of meals in the language of the Caribbean Arawak people, for whom the plant is a staple. It has also been suggested that the name comes from it's use in treating poison arrow wounds, as it draws out the poison when applied to the site of the injury.
Which plant?
It used to be very popular in British cuisine, though Napoleon supposedly said the real reason for the British love of it was to support their colonies
Archaeological studies in the Americas show evidence of its cultivation as early as 7,000 years ago. The name may come from aru-aru meaning meal of meals in the language of the Caribbean Arawak people, for whom the plant is a staple. It has also been suggested that the name comes from it's use in treating poison arrow wounds, as it draws out the poison when applied to the site of the injury.
Which plant?
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