IT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 5 |
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1895: George Selden receives the first U.S. patent for one of these conveyances |
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Frankie Muniz thought his $250,000 car was stolen as Ashton Kutcher's very first victim on this show |
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A sluggish economy could use this; so could a weak battery, using some booster cables |
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The New Jersey Governor's Mansion, Drumthwacket, is in this university city, not in Trenton |
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Hake & shad are on the National Resources Defense Council list of fish low in this element (that's what you want) |
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Red crabs need moisture to breed, so they await this season of heavy rains to troop to the ocean to breed |
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1872: In defiance of an existing law, this suffragette tries to vote in the U.S. Presidential Election |
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"Shaaaron!" was the only word we really understood from the patriarch of this rockin' reality family |
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This children's foundation has been improving the quality of life for sick kids for more than 25 years |
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New Jersey's highest point, High Point, lies in the Kittatinny Mountains, a part of this larger chain |
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The betacyanin that makes these veggies red may also help fight cancer |
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One million of these African creatures make a yearly 300-mile loop that includes a scary Mara River crossing |
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1757: This "Great" Prussian leader decisively defeats a combined Austrian & French army at Rossbach |
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Ah, the days of grand debate between these 2 "newlyweds", like whether "chicken of the sea" was actually tuna |
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Harsh or desolate, or the last name of Iron Man |
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New Jersey was named for an isle in this British island group |
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In 2004, 2 West Virginia men traded gunfire over how to cook a nice healthy skinless this |
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It will take 5 months and 3 generations of butterflies to reach Canada--a journey they're starting in this warmer country |
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1862: Lincoln orders this man out as commander of the army of the Potomac |
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After seeing a tour of Ice-T's home on this show, I thought about putting in a 1,000-gal. shark tank of my own |
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On July 10, 1962 this low-orbit communications satellite was launched |
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New Jersey's smallest county in area & most densely populated, it was named for an explorer & the river it borders |
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This Amazonian palm fruit that looks like a purple berry packs an antioxidant wallop |
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After soaring for 7 months and tens of thousands of miles, the black-browed species of this bird is joyously reunited with his mate |
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1688: The "glorious revolution" begins as this Dutchman arrives at Brixham to claim the British crown |
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Adam Sandler & Denis Leary were in the cast of this '80s game show set in host Ken Ober's basement |
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Speak very clearly if you call someone this game bird, otis tarda |
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"America's oldest seaside resort", it's home to more than 600 Victorian homes & seaside cottages |
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If liquid yogurt sounds good, you'll like this fizzy milk from the Caucasus |
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A female covers herself with secretions to prep for the migration of the bats called flying these animals |
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