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It's what Louis Pasteur used to kill bacteria in his process now known as pasteurization |
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An active sportsman, this revolutionary leader seen here is also an adept ping-pong player |
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The ides of this month was special; it honored not only Jupiter but the goddess Anna Perenna, too |
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The French serve it with vinaigrette; the Germans serve it hot; we make it with great gobs of mayonnaise for picnics |
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Capt. Roger Healey, Dr. Bellows, Capt. Tony Nelson |
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This outdoor Hawaiian feast often features a roast pig |
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In 1999 the FDA approved Xenical, a pill that stops the body from absorbing 30% of this that a person eats |
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A woman named Butterfly perched for over a year in one of these large Calif. trees to protest logging |
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It's a cinch you'll know this toxic metal was used for water pipes |
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It gets its name because it contains the wax, green & kidney types |
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Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Salem the Cat |
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From the Latin for "castle", it's a French castle or manor house |
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Originally used to check for flaws in machine parts, this device was first used on pregnant women in the 1950s |
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In Earth's history, this field has flipped over many times switching its north & south poles |
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During a siege the Romans might have used an aries, one of these, to break into the enemy's fortifications |
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This salad topped with crumbled cheese is named for a restaurateur, not a Detroit Tiger legend |
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Det. John Kelly, Det. Bobby Simone, Det. Danny Sorenson |
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Off-the-cuff, without preparation, such as a speech |
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This procedure to correct myopia was first performed in Japan in 1955 |
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While president of the Royal Society in 1895, this lord remarked "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" |
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Under Julius Caesar there were 900 of these, 9 times as many as Clinton has to deal with |
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National name of the tomato-&-feta salad also called horiatiki |
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Bobby Donnell, Lindsay Dole, Ellenor Frutt |
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In 1932 Australia tried to eradicate this large flightless bird by using machine guns -- didn't work |
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Testing this anesthetic on himself, Sir Humphry Davy found it made him dizzy & euphoric |
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Now you know -- borborygmus is the technical term for the noises made by these long organs, not the stomach |
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In 20 B.C. the Curatores Viarum was a board set up to manage these |
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Kitchen personage whose "salad" includes hard-boiled eggs & strips of meat & cheese |
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Chris Stevens, Maggie O'Connell, Dr. Joel Fleischman |
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This stubby yellow-green winter pear has a blander taste than most other varieties |
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