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Fashionable colonial men covered their faces with masks while this was done to their wigs |
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This month is named after the Roman god of purification; he must have been a short god |
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In 1972 over 90 nations agreed to ban dumping this liquid metal, Hg, into the oceans |
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It's the holiday on which you'd most likely wear a shamrock |
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These supports come in setback, diagonal & clasping types as well as flying |
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This island famous for its giant stone statues is part of Chile's Valparaiso region |
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Ashcake, which colonial cooks baked in hot ashes, is a type of bread made from this meal |
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Aizen Myo-o, the Japanese Buddhist god of this, has 6 arms, all the better to hug you with |
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Among elements isolated by Humphry Davy are barium, boron & potassium; he also named this element, Cl |
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Roman Catholics observed this holiday on January 6 until the 4th c., when it was moved back 12 days |
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Wedge-shaped blocks called voussoirs make up these structures that span openings |
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The inhabitants of these islands east of Argentina are mainly of British descent |
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In June 1610 the timely arrival of Lord De La Warr & his men kept this Virginia colony from being abandoned |
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The Spanish call it arco Iris, translated as the goddess Iris' arc |
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The "Valley" in california between Palo Alto & San Jose is nicknamed after this element |
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All Saints' Day, observed on this date, is a legal holiday in Louisiana |
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The Manueline style of architecture peculiar to this country is named for King Manuel the Fortunate |
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It's Canada's largest island on the Pacific Coast |
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Many Europeans volunteered for this kind of servitude in exchange for passage to America |
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Some translate the name of Huitzilopochtli, an Aztec war god, as "the left-handed" one of these tiny birds |
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The postal abbreviation for the Cornhusker State is the same as the symbol for this noble gas |
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The national ceremony for this holiday occurs at Fort McHenry National Monument |
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This Cambodian temple complex was built for King Suryavarman II |
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A civil war that began on this island in 1963 brought Turkey & Greece to the brink of war as well |
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Colonial children slept in these movable beds that were stored under larger beds during the day |
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In Greek mythology he was Poseidon's brother who ruled the underworld |
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Scientists believe it's the most abundant metal in the earth's core |
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To honor its 1521 discovery, this U.S. Pacific territory celebrates Magellan Day on March 6 |
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Completed in 537, the dome of this Constantinople church collapsed in 558 |
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Caprera Island near Sardinia contains the tomb of this Italian leader of the "Red Shirts" |
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