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DEFINITION: (noun) The structure or build of a person, especially to the extent to which it exhibits the characteristics of an ectomorph, an endomorph, or a mesomorph. SYNONYMS: body type. USAGE: American psychologist William Sheldon named his somatotypes after the three germ layers of embryonic development: the endoderm, the mesoderm, and the ectoderm.

Thorpe was one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, and played basketball and Major League baseball. He lost his Olympic titles, however, when it was discovered that he had played minor league baseball prior to competing, thus violating the amateur status rules, but his medals were later restored to him. Legend has it that Thorpe began his athletic career in what casual way?

Chamberlain served as prime minister of the UK from 1937 to 1940. His political legacy is defined by his controversial policy of "appeasement" toward Hitler, which culminated in the Munich Pact in 1938. When Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939, Chamberlain pledged military support to Poland and led Britain to war. He was forced to resign in 1940, after the British debacle in Norway. Some recent scholarship suggests that Chamberlain's appeasement policy was developed to help Britain do what?

Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. Players compete to acquire wealth through stylized economic activity involving the purchase, rental, and trading of real estate using play money. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, since Charles Darrow patented it in 1935, approximately 500 million people have played the game. What are some of the differences between the original and current versions of the game?

Researchers had a group of subjects consume different types of chocolate and then complete a variety of tasks designed to test cognitive performance. After controlling for variables, the researchers noted that verbal and visual memory scores were higher for milk chocolate eaters, while milk and dark chocolate eaters had improved impulse control and reaction time. Chocolate contains substances that act as stimulants, such as theobromine and caffeine.