Bruegel's Peasant Wedding

Pieter Bruegel the Elder is best known for his depictions of the life of village peasants.

Image: The Peasant Wedding, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568, oil on canvas, public domain.

Bumper Cars

The largest bumper car floor is the Rue Le Dodge, located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It measures 51 feet, 9 inches by 124 feet 9 inches.

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Antarctica

"I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation. "

-- Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Quotation is inscribed on the Byrd Memorial at McMurdo Station, Antartica.

Photograph: Ben Holt Sr., NASA/GRACE team, public domain

Paris, 1493

This woodcut of Paris is from the Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the first printed books, published about 1493.

Oranges

"Orange is the color of the sun. It is vital, and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others."
-- Edgar Cayce

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Ross Island, Antarctica

This photo of the full moon over Observation Hill at McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica was taken by the National Science Foundation, and is in the public domain. The cross on the horizon is a tribute to members of the Sir Robert Falcon Scott Expedition, 1911-1912.

Fair Rosamund

Ma dame ye ben of Al Beaute ſhryne
As fer As cercled is the mapamonde
For As the cristall glorious ye ſhyne
And lyke Ruby ben your chekys rounde

[Madame, you are a shrine of all beauty,
As far encircling as the map of the world.
For you shine as the glorious crystal,
And your round cheeks are like Ruby.]

-- Geoffrey Chaucer, Balade to Rosemound

Illustration: Fair Rosamund, John William Waterhouse, 1905, public domain