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1. T. Rex -- Tyrannosaurus Rex
   The first specimen of T. rex was dug up in the western USA late in the 1880s, but this single bone revealed little about its colossal owner. It was named Manospondylus by the famous American palaeontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1892. But it was not until the 1900s that the famous dino digger Barnum Brown found more complete specimens and the terrifying dimensions of the beast became apparent. Based on Browns' discoveries the vertebrate palaeontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, named the beast Tyrannosaurus rex (meaning "Tyrant Lizard-King") in 1905 in recognition of it being the largest-known meat-eating animal ever to have walked the Earth. Early reconstructions of T. rex , which were composed of several incomplete skeletons, indicated this beast was up to 14 metres long and could have weighed a staggering 12 tonnes.
2. T. Rex -- Marc Bolan
   At the beginning of 1973 T.Rex made an appearance on the Cilla Black show, an entertainment show on British television hosted by the female British vocalist Cilla Black, as the name, obviously, indicated. Cilla was a British musical star who had managed to penetrate the American top forty at least once, but her popularity, like Marc's, was primarily centered in Britain and Europe. Her music and show catered to a different crowd than did T.Rex, so Marc's appearance on the show took many by surprise. Marc had been friends with Cilla and her husband for many years and this, obviously, had a big part in convincing him to do the show.
3. T. Rex -- Dinosaurs
   Only a single T. rex specimen has been conclusively shown to belong to a specific gender. Examination of "B-rex" demonstrated the preservation of soft tissue within several bones. Some of this tissue has been identified as medullary tissue, a specialized tissue grown only in modern birds as a source of calcium for the production of eggshell during ovulation. As only female birds lay eggs, medullary tissue is only found naturally in females, although males are capable of producing it when injected with female reproductive hormones like estrogen. This strongly suggests that "B-rex" was female, and that she died during ovulation.[40] Recent research has shown that medullary tissue is never found in crocodiles, which are thought to be the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, aside from birds. The shared presence of medullary tissue in birds and theropod dinosaurs is further evidence of the close evolutionary relationship between the two.[46]
4. T. Rex -- Bones
   The rule of T. rex began to end in the 1980s when a few new specimens T. rex were found, including at least two nearly complete skeletons. The new specimens indicated that previous composite skeletons had exaggerated the length of T. rex. Maximum length was revised downward to a more believable 12.5 metres. At this length, T. rex, moves out of the realm of the undisputed largest all-time terrestrial carnivore into the less distinguished ranks of a number of possible contenders. The well known Allosaurus from late Jurassic formations of Western USA have an average length of between 8 and 10 metres but a single femur (thigh bone) indicates it could ... reach an estimated total length of 12.5 metres.
5. Dinosaurs -- New Mexico
   Dinosaurs lived and evolved for over 185 million years unitl they became extinct. The cause has not been proven yet, but many believe that an asteroid Over 9 miles wide hit the earth In the Gulf of Mexico.
6. Lineage -- Interlude Movie
   --> The Lineage II development team seeks to capture the attention of fans avidly awaiting Interlude with the announcement of a newly available Making of Interlude Movie. This film is now available for download on the official Lineage II site. Click HERE to let the tale unfold…
7. Raymond Burr -- Raymond Burrs
   American reporter Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) is on the scene reporting on a 400 foot Tyrannosaurus Rex woken from undersea hibernation off the coast of Japan during atomic bomb testing. Now the "GODZILLA" has his sights on the destruction of Tokyo.
8. Peregrin Took
   Peregrin Took, known universally as Pippin, was one of the hobbits who took part in the Fellowship of the Ring. He was born in The Shire in Third Age 2990 and was twenty-nine at the time of the War of the Ring. Adventurous and curious, Pippin was easily dismissed as the least of the Fellowship. But he was ... uncommonly brave and lucky.
9. Stephen Jay Gould
   Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist who studied and published countless volumes on evolutionary theory and became a controversial figure in the scientific world. Early in his career he collaborated with Niles Eldredge in developing a theory of evolution that became known as Punctuated Equilibrium. Upon examining fossilized evidence, the two scientists argued that most species evolve rapidly over relatively short periods of time followed by long periods of evolutionary stability. This argument challenged the traditional Darwinian Theory of gradual and steady adaptation over long periods of evolutionary history. Gould believed this revelation challenged certain suppositions of Darwin’s, but was largely in line with Darwinian Theory.
10. Calvin and Hobbes -- Stupendous Man
    Calvin and Hobbes quickly became the top-rated series of its time and inspired several knock-off shows, such as "Luther and Locke," and "Aquinas and Descartes." The fad faded over time, and the series were all cancelled, none attaining the fame of the original. However, re-runs of the program would remain popular in syndication for many years, and the show has a following from a new generation around the time that Hobbes was actually alive.

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