1 The pyramids of the Aztecs were very similar to those of the Maya. 2  The main difference was that the Aztec would sometimes build more than one temple on the top of a pyramid. 3  Many times new pyramids were built on top of old pyramids.
Broomhilda von Shaft is possibly the only character in movie history inspired by both German opera and blaxploitation cinema. Her namesake is Wagner's Brunnhilde, the valkyrie whom Siegfried awakens from a fire-ringed deep sleep.
In 1993 Harry Potter received a Firebolt racing broom as a Christmas present from an anonymous benefactor (Sirius Black, his godfather) following the destruction of his Nimbus 2000 in a Quidditch match against Hufflepuff.