Manganese

Very hard and brittle metallic element used as an important component of steel:




Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a free element in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. Manganese is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels [Read more ...].

Manganese

Jalfrezi

Moderately-spicy Indian curry of marinated meat or vegetables cooked with peppers, tomatoes, onions, and chillies:







Jalfrezi

Jalfrezi

Cicada

An insect with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings, and with about 2,500 species around the world:



Cicada

Cycloid

The curve traced by a fixed point on a circle, or on the rim of a circular wheel, which rolls smoothly on a straight line:



Cycloid

Cycloid

Claude Debussy

A French composer, one of the most famous and influential of all composers, who created Estampes (Prints) in 1903, and whose picture was on twenty-franc banknote:




Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

Twenty franc banknote

Paris Opera

The primary opera company of Paris, founded in 1669 by Louis XIV, that is still running:



Paris Opera

Paris Opera

Ballet

Webster's Dictionary defines it as "an artistic dance form based on an elaborate formal technique, characterized by gestures and movements of grace, precision, and fluidity":


Ballet

Sappho

The first woman poet:



Sappho

Sappho, an Ancient Greek poet, is the first woman poet known by name.

Gilgamesh

Western literature begins with this poem composed probably 2000 B.C.:


Gilgamesh (the Babylonian poem Gilgamesh)

Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn

Two persons are known as the fathers of the Internet; they are:


Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn 

Vint Cerf

Robert Kahn