Glaucus

In Greek myth, Glaucus was a son of Sisyphus.  His myth varies but centers on death and horses.  In one version, he is killed in an accident during a chariot race.  In another, he fed his horses human meat and they turned on him and ate him.  In other stories he offends Aphrodite by refusing to mate his horses, so she spurs them on to slay him.  His shade is said to haunt the Isthmian Games and scare the horses.

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson patented a device in 1903 to clear car and streetcar windows of rain, ice and snow.  Previously, drivers had to stop and get out to clear the windshield before moving on.  Others devised and patented wipers before her, but hers was developed and fit into cars.

Dives and Lazarus

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is found in Luke 16:19-31.  The rich man finds himself in hell and the sick beggar Lazarus in heaven (in the bosom of Abraham) and asks for Lazarus to be sent to earth to warn his family.  Abraham responds that if they didn't listen to Moses and the prophets, they wouldn't listen to a resurrected dead man either.  In some European countries, the Latin description dives (Latin for "the rich man") is treated as his proper name: Dives.  A traditional English ballad tells the story.

Mount Cynthus

Mount Cynthus is on the isle of Delos.  In myth, it is the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.  They are thus sometimes called Cynthius and Cynthia, respectively.  It is about 450 feet high, so not much of a mount, really.

Urechis unicintus

Urechis unicintus is a marine spoon worm popularly known as the fat innkeeper or the penis fish.  Because it's shaped like a thingy!

Eratosthenes

The ancient Greek mathematician and geographer Eratosthenes is credited with making the first accurate estimation of the Earth's circumference. In the third century BC, he observed that at noon on the summer solstice, the sun was directly overhead at the city of Syene (present-day Aswan, Egypt). At the same time, in the city of Alexandria, he measured the angle of the sun's rays relative to the ground and found it to be about 7.2 degrees.  Using these observations, Eratosthenes was able to calculate the Earth's circumference by assuming that the sun's rays are parallel (which is not exactly true, but close enough for his purposes) and using simple geometry. His estimate was remarkably accurate, and modern measurements have shown that it was only about 15% too high.  He was also the first to calculate Earth's axial tilt, which also proved to have remarkable accuracy.  He created the first global projection of the world, incorporating parallels and meridians based on the available geographic knowledge of his era.   He is also known for the sieve of Eratosthenes.

Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was an iron and glass structure built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first of the World's Fairs.  Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet long, with an interior height of 128 feet, and was three times the size of St Paul's Cathedral.  There is a football club, Crystal Palace F.C., in South London, that takes tts name from the structure.  The structure was destroyed on November 30, 1936, by a fire that began as a small office fire.