diff --git a/words_dir/tweet_historical_events.py b/words_dir/tweet_historical_events.py
index ad47728..1433b5e 100644
--- a/words_dir/tweet_historical_events.py
+++ b/words_dir/tweet_historical_events.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     '1998-04-01': 'Martin Luther King Jr.`s widow, Coretta Scott King, asks the civil rights community to help in the effort to extinguish homophobia. https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/coretta-scott-king-fast-facts/index.html',
 
     # 2000s
+    '2001-04-01': 'The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands',
     '2004-05-17': 'The first legal same-sex marriage in the United States takes place in Massachusetts https://www.npr.org/2019/05/17/723649385/the-1st-legally-married-same-sex-couple-wanted-to-lead-by-example',
     '2005-07-20': 'The enactment of the Civil Marriage Act allows same-sex couples to be married anywhere in Canada. http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-31.5/page-1.html',
     '2005-09-06': 'The California legislature becomes the first to pass a bill allowing marriage between same-sex couples. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the bill. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/national/california-legislature-approves-samesex-marriage-bill.html',
diff --git a/words_dir/tweet_nouns.py b/words_dir/tweet_nouns.py
index 60cf2c4..64bfd27 100644
--- a/words_dir/tweet_nouns.py
+++ b/words_dir/tweet_nouns.py
@@ -347,7 +347,17 @@
     'flower 🌹',
     'sunflower 🌻',
     'aurora',
-
+    'meadow',
+    'rainforest',
+    'volcano',
+    'petrichor',
+    'cliff',
+    'coast',
+    'cave',
+    'desert',
+    'sleet',
+    'stars',
+    
     # classroom objects
     'pencil',
     'pen',