Grateful Med was a search program built by the National Library of Medicine that let non-specialists search its MEDLINE medical database on personal computers. It was used between 1986 and 2001 and sat on top of the older ELHILL retrieval system. Its name was picked by NLM director Donald Lindberg from a list of more predictable options, after he judged it too good to pass up. The program grew quickly, and by 1994 it accounted for 80 percent of ELHILL searches. It was retired as the internet and PubMed took over.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.