Molybdenum is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lead ores. Molybdenum minerals have been known into prehistory, but the element was discovered (in the sense of differentiating it as a new entity from the mineral salts of other metals) in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. The metal was first isolated in 1781 by Peter Jacob Hjelm.
Molybdenum does not occur naturally as a free metal on Earth, but rather in various oxidation states in minerals....
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (23 April 1943 – 4 September 1993) was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for various roles including that of the evil henchman Nick Nack in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), as well as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island (1978–1984). He was also an acclaimed painter. In 1993, Villechaize ended his own life at his residence in Los Angeles, California.
== Early life ==
Villechaize suffered from proportionate (as opposed to disproportionate) dwarfism, likely due to an endocrine disorder, despite...
