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Curiosity

Anselmo

so assured of wife’s fidelity, asks friend to try to corrupt her; friend is successful. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote]

Cupid and Psyche

her inquisitiveness almost drives him away forever. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 27]

Curious George

inquisitive, mischievous monkey. [Children’s Lit.: Curious George]

Fatima

Bluebeard’s 7th and last wife; her inquisitiveness uncovers his murders. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Harvey, 97–98]

Faustus, Doctor

makes demonic compact to sate thirst for knowledge. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Faustus]

Harker, Jonathan

uncovers vampiric and lycanthropic activities at Castle Dracula. [Br. Lit.: Dracula]

Lot’s wife

ignores God’s command; turns to salt upon looking back. [O.T.: Genesis 19:26]

Lucius

his insatiable curiosity involves him in magic and his accidental transformation into an ass. [Rom. Lit.: The Golden Ass]

Nosy Parker

after a meddlesome Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 169]

Odysseus’ companions

to determine its contents, they open the bag Aeolus had given Odysseus, thus releasing winds that blow the ship off course. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey].

Pandora

inquisitively opens box of plagues given by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 191]

Pry, Paul

overly inquisitive journalist. [Br. Lit.: Paul Pry; Espy, 135]

sycamore

symbolizes inquisitiveness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

Vathek

journeys to Istakhar where world’s secrets are revealed. [Br. Lit.: Vathek]

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"This study suggests that finding ways to increase your curiousity about information that you are trying to learn, or associating that information with something that excites your curiosity, might be a good way to help solidify it in your memory," says Lauren Poliak, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who specializes in age-related memory issues.

6 tricks to fix information in your mind: learning innovative ways to retain information and recall it later can lead to improved memory function. Here are some ideas

That triggered a curiousity about a foodstuff people had consumed for centuries but still didn't totally understand.

Chemistry with a cherry on top: University of Guelph physical chemist Doug Goff scoops on the never-ending pursuit of perfect ice cream

Although I remained a curiousity I became acceptable" (387).

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The Lost star is also a wild-life enthusiast, and his globe-trotting curiousity is chronicled in this glossy series.

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Professional Advancement .70, Competence related Curiousity .76, Interpersonal Relations .77, and External Influence had unacceptable reliability levels.