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DEFINITION: (noun) A tourist who is visiting sights of interest. SYNONYMS: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper. USAGE: The city's economy depends on tourism, and an influx of enthusiastic excursionists is always welcome.

Armero was a Colombian astronomer who studied celestial mechanics and discovered how lunar fluctuations affect weather, floods, polar ice, and the Earth's orbital acceleration. He also contributed widely to research on comets and solar eclipses and, later, lectured on economics and population growth. The Garavito lunar crater is named after him. He was a member of what secret scientific society?

Robinson was the first African-American player in the modern major leagues and the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1949 he won the National League batting crown, hitting .342, and was named the NL's most valuable player. In recognition of his accomplishments both on the field and off, every major league baseball team retired what number?

Emeril Lagasse is a celebrity chef and restaurateur best known for his TV show Emeril Live, which is one of the Food Network's highest-rated programs. He is known for his light and jovial hosting style and for his signature exclamation, "BAM!," which he uses while cooking. Lagasse gained fame when his restaurant, "Emeril's," in New Orleans, Louisiana, was named Esquire magazine's "Restaurant of the Year" in 1990. He has appeared on what television shows?

Scientists in Spain have found the fossilized remains of one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth, a gargantuan plant-eating dinosaur up to 125 feet long and weighing as much as seven elephants. Turiasaurus riodevensis is the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe. It lived about 145 million years ago and was a sauropod. Other well-known sauropods include Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and Diplodocus.