I wonder if those elementary and high school textbooks are even updated? The latest historical update on a global scale (the one I recently discovered, of course) is that there is a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World. I know, I know. I’m a bit late on the uptake. But really. I am delighted to learn all about the new list:

• The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru’s Machu Picchu
• Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India’s Taj Mahal

I think the list is a good collection of “wonders” in the world. Some would think otherwise, but these lucky seven won through a voting process. For more information on how the new list was created and the controversies surrounding it, read CNN’s news article.