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"The Post-Modern Prometheus" is the fifth episode of the fifth
season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files,
originally airing on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. It was
written and directed by series creator Chris Carter. The story follows
FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian
Anderson) as they investigate a creature called "The Great Mutato"
that has impregnated a middle-aged woman; it turns out to be the
genetic creation of a Frankenstein-like doctor. The creature is first
ostracized and then accepted by his community. Carter's story draws
heavily on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (subtitled The Modern
Prometheus) and particularly on James Whale's 1931 film version of
the story. The episode was filmed in black and white, with a sky
backdrop imitating the style of old Frankenstein films. Talk-show
host Jerry Springer appeared as himself, and Chris Owens played
The Great Mutato. Many critics praised the episode; some even
called it a "classic". It was nominated for seven awards at the 1998
Emmys, winning one. (Full article...)
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1700 Great Northern War:
Swedish forces led by King
Charles XII (pictured) defeated
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the Great at the Battle of
Narva.
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unsuccessful frontal assaults against fortified
positions at Franklin, Tennessee.
1934 The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman
became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per
hour (161 km/h).
1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy
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Twelve U.S. states have designated a horse breed as the official state horse. The first state horse was
designated in Vermont in 1961. The most recent state designations occurred in 2010, when North
Carolina and South Carolina both declared state breeds. Some breeds, such as the Morgan horse
(pictured) in Vermont and Massachusetts, were named as the state horse because of the close connection
between the history of the breed and the state. Others, including the Tennessee Walking Horse and the
Missouri Fox Trotter, include the state in the official breed name. Schoolchildren have been persuasive
lobbyists for the cause of some state horses, such as the Colonial Spanish Horse being named the state
Morgan horse
horse of North Carolina due to the presence of Spanish-descended Banker horses in the Outer Banks.
Others have been brought to official status through the lobbying efforts of their breed registries. In
addition to being state symbols in their own right, horses have appeared in state symbols; for example, a horse's head appears on
the Seal of New Jersey. (Full list...)
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A 1902 lithograph showing SMS Gefion, an unprotected cruiser of
the Imperial German Navy completed in 1895. Gefion was
involved in the Battle of Taku Forts (1900) before being
modernized. During World War I, Gefion served as a barracks ship.
In 1920 it was sold for service as a freighter, only to be scrapped
three years later.
Though Gefion was intended for service in the German colonial
empire and as a fleet scout, the design was unsuccessful in both
roles and soon replaced by the newer Gazelle class of light
cruisers.
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