Honorary mention to the Colossus of Rhodes, the most famous statue that we don't know what it looked like, exactly.

It's still pronounced "muggle". Americans just spell it "no-maj". It's like colour or theatre.

A good rule of thumb for etymology, is that acronym explanations are almost certainly wrong. Despite popular claims, tips, cop, fuck, and posh do not have their origin in acronyms. "Wop" is another example, thanks for sharing that.

Cool for five seconds, then it falls apart.

He's saving himself to play Terra-Man.

True, and what you say is not not just for the following reason, but I think it's a significant part of the equation. Victims who are "bad people" are unsympathetic, so that's one way of reducing empathy and allowing one to "enjoy" their demise with a "clear conscience".

According to wikipedia, Warner Brothers Television was an uncredited parner in the production company for Tales. And Warner Brothers has done other DVD releases for HBO and other Time/Warner subsidiaries.

That seems like an odd question to ask on a site that hosted reviews on this very show.

The game was completely unnecessary for following the show (it kind of had to be).

And that usage persisted long after the British were aware of maize. The "Corn Laws" of the 19th century were restrictions on the importation of all grains (mainly wheat), that did a great job of starving a lot of Irish people to death, for example.

There are definitely things to like about it.

To be fair, the Bible swiped it from Babylonian myths about Sargon.

According to this, the surface tissue of the nose often rotted away. Possibly circulatory problems from the loss of cartilage was the culprit or at least a contributing factor. Ensuring adequate blood flood to the replacement tissue was a major concern for the procedure.

Good point.

I think I liked Adaline more than you did, but I agree that Ford does really good (and crucial) work in it.

It could be worse… "Chopsticks" is the go to piano solo. :-)

Or Falcon learns a lesson about confidence.

It's weird that there doesn't seem to be any sunset on that obligation. That's not a very Hollywood way to negotiate.

It's not like the Learning Channel has any learning going on anymore.

To be fair, legal couldn't clear the first 987 names they came up with.