Wright Brothers National Memorial propelled himself into the air while wearing paddles on his arms and legs; An homage to Otto Lilienthal, a German who died while conducting gliding experiments; A reference to a French philosopher who thought that since dew rose in the morning, if it could be placed in an expandable bag attached to a box and sail, it would naturally rise when placed in the sun. (It didn't.) Right Door (top to bottom): Icarus, the Greek mythological figure who tried to fly from Crete by attaching feathers to his arms with wax. He fell when he flew too close to the
How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy (, "How Obelix Fell into the Druid's Cooking Pot When He Was Small") is an Asterix story written by René Goscinny and originally published in the French magazine" Pilote "issue 291 (1965), with only a few drawings. In 1989, it was fully illustrated by Albert Uderzo and published in an album as a text story with illustrations. The story is narrated by Asterix, apparently to the conventional readership, and tells that in childhood, Obelix