apple's new tv series about extraordinary athletes. episodes are really short* because the show focuses on the athletes' specific moments of their careers. here are the athletes:
(see: lebron james)
(see: tom brady)
(see: alex morgan)
(see: usain bolt)
(see: shaun white)
(see: kelly slater)
(see: katie ledecky)
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greatness code
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fomo
fear of missing out. today's modern anxiety disorder.
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thomas hardy
a 19th-20th century author and poet. influenced by romanticism, namely the works of william wordsworth, he wrote many fine works. such works include tess of the d’urbervilles, far from the madding crowd, and several beautiful poems. (see: the darkling thrush)
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jeff bezos
the founder and ceo of amazon. the first person ever worth $200 billion.
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prejudice
a defense mechanism.
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chronic selfitis
uncontrollable urge to take photos of one's self round the clock and posting the photos on social media more than six times a day.
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malcolm x
human rights activist who strove to educate the public about injustices done to black people in america.
"if violence is wrong in america, violence is wrong abroad. if it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for america to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. and if it is right for america to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country." -
american civil war
the world's first modern war.
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mark twain
mark twain was the pen name of samuel mclemens, a writer and humorist whose works helped create an american literary style. his novels, short stories, and memoirs dealt with politics, racism, and national identity. twain was raised in hannibal, missouri, and used the mississippi river of his youth as a setting in his two most famous novels, the adventures of tom sawyer and the adventures of huckleberry finn.
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philosophy
a discipline that attempts to answer the questions about existence, knowledge, ethics.
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scopes trial
in 1925, a tennessee teacher named john t. scopes was arrested for teaching charles darwin's theory of evolution, which said that "higher" forms of life, such as humans, olved from "lower" life forms, such as apes. many rural americans felt this theory was at odds with the creationism they believed in and their traditional christian values.
william jennings bryan, the great populist hero, spoke for the prosecution. scopes was defended by famous defense attorney clarence darrow. in his questioning, darrow made bryan seem foolish and ignorant. the trial settled nothing, though. scopes was fined $100, and the ruling was later reversed on a technicality. -
sputnik 1
the world's first earth-orbiting, man-made satellite.
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netflix
began as a video rental service by mail in 1997. a decade later, it began streaming videos online. netflix now creates its own web television series.
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connoisseur
expert.
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amirite
am i right?