History
The Punic Wars: 3,478 words
Star Wars: 13,311 words
Horatio Nelson: 15,229 words
Optimus Prime: 16,469 words
Ching Shih (the 19th-century pirate queen who commanded one of the largest pirate fleets in human history): 2,115 words
Samus Aran: 4,713 words
Erik the Red: 1,699 words
Conan the Barbarian: 7,330 words
Sojourner Truth: 4,402 words
Padme Amidala: 6,107 words
Geography
Thebes, Greece (setting of many of Greece’s myths and works of literature, birthplace of Dionysus): 3,197 words
Cybertron: 10,143 words
Mecca: 8,240 words
Middle-Earth: 13,079 words
Science
Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine: 2,912 words
Starship Enterprise: 2,931 words
Harvard Computers (a.k.a. “Pickering’s Harem”, a team of female astronomical researchers who classified thousands of stars): 409 words
Female Autobots: 3,854 words
Philosophy
Budai (the fat smiling monk that Americans mistake for the Buddha): 1,237 words
Yoda: 3,563 words
Laozi (founder of Taoism): 4,390 words
Jedi: 6,689 words
Law
Plessy v. Ferguson: 3,120
Freddy vs. Jason: 3,475
Language and Literature
Bantu Languages: 3,103 words
Klingon Languages: 6,153 words
Dream of the Red Chamber (a Qing Dynasty novel considered one of the most important works of Chinese literature): 7,781 words
Sega Dreamcast: 14,002 words
