Hercules
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The expedition used the remotely operated vehicle Hercules, which recorded extensive video footage that was later archived for public access and annotated by researchers at UH Mānoa.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Hercules bench set, composed of five seats made from the same slab of eucalyptus, $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The crash is the second time a Hercules C-130 has been involved in a deadly accident in as many months.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The Hercules is a four-engine turboprop plane built by Lockheed Martin.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
As Hercules had sworn to do while he was Omphale’s slave, no sooner was he free than he started to punish King Eurytus because he himself had been punished by Zeus for killing Eurytus’ son.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Nova V1674 Herculis was one of the fastest ever recorded, rising and fading within days.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Herculis EBS meeting in Monaco on July 21, two weeks before his final world championships appearance in London, organizers said on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2017
Bernard Lagat, a former Washington State standout, improved his American record in the 5,000 meters when he finished second in the Diamond League Herculis meet in Monaco.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2011
Such a one was Nova Herculis, the famed "new star" of 1934.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Amongst its numerous mineral springs, the most important are those of Mehadia, with sulphurous waters, which were already known in the Roman period as the Thermae Herculis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various