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Barrel Man, real name Tim McKernan (September 5, 1940 – December 5, 2009), [1] was a superfan of the Denver Broncos. In all types of weather for 30 years, he attended every home game at both Mile High Stadium and INVESCO Field at Mile High wearing nothing but an orange barrel that covered his torso and a cowboy hat and boots .
Western representations of Muhammad were very rare until the explosion of images following the invention of the printing press; he is shown in a few medieval images, normally in an unflattering manner, often influenced by his brief mention in Dante's Divine Comedy. Dante placed Muhammad in Hell, with his entrails hanging out (Canto 28):
New 7 Wonders of Nature (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It was the second in a series of Internet-based polls led by Swiss-born Canadian Bernard Weber [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, [ 3 ] a Swiss-based foundation which ...
With the likelihood of the United States entering the war, and after experiments with various paint schemes conducted in association with the 1940 Fleet Problem (exercise), the Bureau of Ships (BuShips) directed in January 1941 that the peacetime color of overall #5 Standard Navy Gray, a light gloss shade with a linseed oil base, be replaced with matte Dark Gray, #5-D, a new paint formulation ...
English: Ushabti figurines in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Egyptian Exhibit. Period Unspecified. Date: 29 July 2017, 16:15:39: Source: Own work: Author:
English: Portion of the Walruses on Bering Strait icepack diorama, located in a Second-Level Wildlife Hall at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, showcasing Earless Seals, featuring (from left to right) a Bearded Seal, a Ringed Seal, and two Spotted Seals (mother and infant). The tip of a Walrus tail can be seen on the far left.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.
The Nature of Middle-earth is a 2021 book of previously unpublished materials on Tolkien's legendarium, compiled and edited by the scholar Carl F. Hostetter. Some essays were previously published in the Elvish linguistics journal Vinyar Tengwar , where Hostetter was a long-time editor.