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A modified 707 used by the President in the 1960s was the first plane to be popularly known by this name |
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Spend a night in the hotel destroyed every April named for this type of dwelling |
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A flint spear point from an ancient Mexican civilization was found lodged between 2 ribs of one of these "woolly" animals |
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Robert Downey Jr. taps Stan Lee on the arm & says, "You look great, Hef" in this movie, first in the series |
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This future FBI guy learned all about cards & files while working at the Library of Congress in the 1910s |
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This holiday whose name is from a Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits" |
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In 1957 this satellite, No. 2, carried a dog named Laika into space |
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He was 11 days shy of 90 when he announced his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010 |
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2 major deities of the Zapotecs of Mexico: Coquihani, the god of light, & Cocijo, the god of this weather phenomenon |
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Supporting characters in this 2011 film include Sif, Frigga, Heimdall & a few Frost Giants |
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As an assistant librarian at Peking University in 1919, he read up on Communist theory |
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This company whose brands include Miracle Whip |
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The Battle of Trafalgar is commemorated aboard the Victory, the restored flagship of this admiral |
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Snakes have no arms or legs but can have 600 of these bones in their flexible spines |
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In some myths, Quetzalcoatl was identified with this planet, the Evening & Morning Star |
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In 2008 this character's disappearing pencil trick was a memorable moment in "The Dark Knight" |
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From 1855 to 1857 the library of Oxford's Christ Church College was his wonderland |
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This instrument heard here |
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Accidentally sunk in 1996, this research ship of Jacques Cousteau is being completely & greenly refurbished |
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These accessories got longer throughout the Victorian Age & reached the elbow by the 1880s |
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The Aztecs' main weapon, the macuahuitl, was a wooden club edged with sharp pieces of this volcanic glass |
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"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight" begins the oath of this hero; beware his power! |
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This 18th century Italian lover wrote his memoirs while working as the ubersexy librarian of a count |
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This condition, seen in low-carb high-protein diets, in which the body is in major fat-burning mode |
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A mortally wounded James Lawrence was referring to the USS Chesapeake when he issued this order |
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To combat scurvy on his voyages, Captain Cook used this briny shredded cabbage as well as lime juice |
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In the 15th century the Inca conquered the Chimu Empire & moved its people to this capital |
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James McAvoy (with hair) & Patrick Stewart (not so much) have both played this X-Men leader |
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Perhaps it was a pact with the devil that got this German author a 35-year gig as chief of the Weimar Library |
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This Hindu god, the eighth avatar of Vishnu |
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