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Where was the lightning rod invented long before Franklin?

The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, located in what is now the Sverdlovsk region, was equipped with a lightning rod a quarter of a century before it was designed by Benjamin Franklin.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Why is the she-wolf one of the main symbols of the city of Rome?

One of the main symbols of Rome is the Capitoline she-wolf. According to ancient Roman myth, she nursed the twins Romulus and Remus with her milk, one of whom later became the founder of Rome.

Numitor was the king of the city of Alba Longa (now located not far from Rome). His younger brother Amulius, having seized the throne, expelled Numitor, killed his son, and, in order to leave her childless, daughter Rhea Sylvia, ordained vestals (temple servants who took a vow of celibacy). However, she gave birth to the god of war Mars (according to one version - from Amulius himself in the guise of Mars) two twins - Romulus and Remus.

Upon learning of this, the king ordered the babies to be thrown into the waters of the Tiber, and their mother, for breaking a vow, was buried in the ground. However, Mars did not allow the death of his children. The river stream carried the basket with the twins to the shore, where a she-wolf found them and nursed them with her milk.

After some time, the babies were discovered by the royal shepherd Faustul, who, together with his wife Akka Larentia, raised them. The twins grew up strong and agile, bold and daring in the face of danger. Over time, each of them became the leader of a detachment of vagrants and runaway slaves.

During one of the raids on the herds of Numitor, his shepherds seized Remus and brought him to the deposed king. After listening to Remus' answer to the question of who he was and where he came from, Numitor suspected that Romulus and Remus were his grandchildren, whom he considered dead. His suspicions turned into complete certainty when he saw the basket in which the babies were thrown into the Tiber. Having learned from Numitor the secret of their origin, the twins killed Amulius and returned the Albanian throne to their grandfather.

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