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An old Greek superstition was that amethyst would protect those who wore it from drunkenness—which is why they called it améthystos, meaning “not drunken.

worcester v. georgia, legal case in which the u.s. supreme court on march 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on native american land. andrew jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision form the basis for most subsequent indian law in the united states.

by 1880, germany had more rail lines than great britain and russia.