THIS N THAT

Christopher Columbus never set foot on the land that became the continental United States during any of his four trips to the Americas.  He was ruthless and murdered and/or enslaved hundreds (maybe thousands) of natives of the islands of the Caribbean.  OSU deserves Columbus.


The major airport in Venice, Italy is named after the explorer Marco Polo. 
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The "sport of kings" is polo -  the equestrian team sport.  It dates to 200 BC making it the oldest of team sports. 


In chess, at the start of the game, the king is placed on his opposite color square (white king on black block).  The board is always set with corner block white to the right.