Wikipedia Trail: From Goblin to Michael Phelps

I start this week with looking up goblins. Goblins are monstrous creatures from European folklore. I knew that in Spider-man that there is a Green Goblin, but I never knew that there was another goblin called Hobglobin!

a 19th century goblin

Next I went to Spider-Man. Spider-man is one of my favorite superheroes, so that is why I decided to look more into him. I think that he is a fun super hero that doesn't take himself too seriously. I never knew that he first appeared in 1962!

After this I went to New York Stock Exchange. I do not know much about the stock exchange or the whole system in general, so I was quick to click on this link. It was founded 226 years ago and its market cap is $23.2 trillion. That is a lot of money!

Finally I ended up on Michael Phelps. He is an amazing swimmer! He was won an outstanding 28 medals total during his time in the Olympics! I never knew that he had a child named Boomer!

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