Mark Twain's short story "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a retelling of a story that the narrator had heard from a bartender named Simon Wheeler. This story is about a frog who was believed to be the biggest jumper of all frogs.
The narrator had gone to the place to look or inquire about a friend's friend Leonidas W. Smiley. But once there, he couldn't get hold of the actual person, upon which the bartender offered to tell him a story about a guy named Jim Smiley. Simon also added that Jim "would bet on anything—the dangdest feller".
Samuel Adams formed the Sons of Liberty. A common way these people protested was by burning effigies, or stuffed figures, that’s looked like notorious tax collectors.
The Egyptian Obelisk. It is the famous of the three erected monuments in the heart of the square. The monument originally dates back to 1450 BC and was made for the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutmosis III. We can say that it is one of the oldest monuments in Istanbul.
