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Scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. This discovery revolutionized medicine by introducing antibiotics, capable of treating many bacterial infections.

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The Lonicera genus is also known as honeysuckle. These climbing or shrubby plants are prized for their fragrant flowers.

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Glass Beach is located in Fort Bragg, California, and is famous for its sand made of polished glass pebbles from former coastal dumps.

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Aubrey Beardsley's drawings were published in the first issue of The Studio magazine in 1893.

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James Earl Ray (born in Alton, Illinois on March 10, 1928 and died in Nashville on April 23, 1998) is an American criminal, sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, of Pastor Martin Luther King Jr., winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

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The siege of Constantinople in 1204 by the Crusaders followed the first siege and resulted in the capture and sacking of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire).

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The Hotel Tassel is a mansion built between 1892 and 1893 by Victor Horta in Brussels, Belgium.

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Haiku Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven, is a steep hiking trail on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. A total of 3,922 steps extend along the Oahu Ko'olau Mountain Range.

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Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, with a rich history spanning more than 1,500 years.

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Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell in 1847, to escape the gender prejudices of authors of the time.

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