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  2. Boaz and Jachin - Wikipedia

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    Boaz and Jachin are the detached black pillars shown on either side of the entrance steps. According to the Bible , Boaz ( Hebrew : בֹּעַז ‎ , romanized : Bōʿaz ) and Jachin ( Hebrew : יָכִין ‎ , romanized : Yāḵīn ) were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple , the first Temple in ...

  3. File:Fibonacci climbing stairs.svg - Wikipedia

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  4. Rover (The Prisoner) - Wikipedia

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    In the first episode the rest of the villagers freeze when instructed as Rover appears and attacks an unidentified man who does not comply. The same scenario reappears at the start of "Checkmate", the ninth episode, except that this time the man who does not comply is not attacked by Rover, prompting Number 6 to follow him and discover the human chess game, a key event in the episode.

  5. Jacob's Ladder - Wikipedia

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    Picture of the Jacob's Ladder in the original Luther Bibles (of 1534 and also 1545). Jacob's Ladder (Biblical Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב ‎, romanized: Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ) is a ladder or staircase leading to Heaven that was featured in a dream the Biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28).

  6. Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Wikipedia

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    In the poem "Journey: The North Coast" by Australian poet Robert Gray, the line "Down these slopes move, as a nude descends a staircase,/ slender white gum trees" is an allusion to this artwork. A same-titled choral work for men's voices composed in 1980 by Allen Shearer and recorded by Chanticleer on their album, Out of This World (1994).

  7. Stair climbing - Wikipedia

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    Stair climbing has developed into the organized sport tower running.Every year several stair climbing races are held around the world with the competitors running up the stairs of some of the world's tallest buildings and towers (e.g., the Empire State Building, Gran Hotel Bali), or on outside stairs such as the Niesenbahn Stairway.

  8. Penrose stairs - Wikipedia

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    In the film, the hero descends the stairs fleeing from a guard. In the real world, the hero should always be in front of the villain throughout this chase. However, in the case of the Penrose stairs the hero descends another flight of stairs to catch up to the antagonist and catch him unaware. [14] The cover of the 2011 album Angles by American ...

  9. Pole sitting - Wikipedia

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    Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388 –459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years. [1] 14-year-old William Ruppert breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days, in 1929