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Crocea Mors [ fr], formerly the sword of Julius Caesar, captured by Nennius according to the legends presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Cruadh-Chosgarach, the Hard Destroying One, sword of Caílte mac Rónáin. Cruaidín Catutchenn, the sword of Cú Chulainn. Dyrnwyn ( White-Hilt ), the Sword of Rhydderch Hael.
An island between the Japanese home islands of Honshu and Shikoku formerly home to a chemical weapons plant in WW2, now home to a huge population of feral but largely tame rabbits. Om Banna: An Indian shrine dedicated to a supposedly-sentient motorbike. Omsk Metro: A metro system with only one station and a total length of zero kilometres ...
A fían (plural fíana or fianna) was a small band of roving hunter-warriors. [ 2] It was made up of landless young men of free birth, often young aristocrats, [ 3] "who had left fosterage but had not yet inherited the property needed to settle down as full landowning members of the túath ". [ 4] A member of a fían was called a fénnid; the ...
The baroreflex or baroreceptor reflex is one of the body's homeostatic mechanisms that helps to maintain blood pressure at nearly constant levels. The baroreflex provides a rapid negative feedback loop in which an elevated blood pressure causes the heart rate to decrease. Decreased blood pressure decreases baroreflex activation and causes heart ...
The American Heart Association states the normal resting adult human heart rate is 60–100 bpm. An ultra-trained athlete would have a resting heart rate of 37–38 bpm. [ 3] Tachycardia is a high heart rate, defined as above 100 bpm at rest. [ 4] Bradycardia is a low heart rate, defined as below 60 bpm at rest.
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The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee[ 1] or Awwakkulé[ 2] in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarfs in the folklore of the Crow Nation, a Native American tribe. [ 3][ 4] The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through the ...
L'Enfant Sauvage, a 1970 French film directed by François Truffaut, is based on the true story of a nude feral boy (played by Jean-Pierre Cargol) discovered living in the forests of 18th century France. A doctor (played by François Truffaut) who is a deaf specialist tries to socialize the boy who cannot speak.