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THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT |
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IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN |
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"1 fish, 2 fish red fish blue fish. Black fish blue fish" this fish "new fish" |
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A problem individual in an organization ruins things for everyone, as in the old saying this "spoils the barrel" |
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"California Girls" in 1985, the year he left Van Halen |
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After she beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 20, 1973, Riggs admitted, "I underestimated you" |
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Called the "move of the millennium", in 1999 one of these massive beacons was moved inland about 1,000 yards on Cape Hatteras |
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In this alliterative playground activity, 2 ropes are turned simultaneously in opposite directions |
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"I am Sam Sam I am... do you like" this offering? |
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Literally, it's to exit with a gesture of lowering the head; it's often followed by "gracefully" |
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"Cry Me A River", by a former boy bander |
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In 1973 he was minority leader of the House of Representatives but got 2 big job promotions by the end of the next year |
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Historic London Bridge was taken apart beginning in 1968 & reassembled in this U.S. state as a tourist attraction |
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Worth twice as much as a pistole, this Spanish gold coin was once widely used in the Americas |
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"...but the Grinch who lived just north of" this place "did not!" (like Christmas a lot, that is) |
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Stan Lee addressed Marvel Comics readers directly in the column "Stan's" this, once an actual crate that speakers would stand on |
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"Pillowtalk" in 2016, by a former boy bander |
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On May 1, 1971 this service had its 1st run from N.Y. to Philly, just after midnight; really, at that time, it should have been to Georgia |
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This first treasury secretary's former New York City home, the Grange, was jacked up & rolled to a new location nearby in 2008 |
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The 1946 article that coined this term for a brooding drama cited "Double Indemnity", starring Barbara Stanwyck, as an example |
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"On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool" this guy "heard a small noise" |
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Meaning achieving great success, grabbing this was originally a way to get a free ride on a merry-go-round |
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"Cruisin'", in 1980 by this Motown legend |
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In the 1930s the 4th century Obelisk of Axum was taken to Italy, but in 2005 returned to this African nation & rebuilt there |
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This double reed woodwind is played using a neck sling & separates into 6 parts, including the bass & boot joints |
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"Now, the star-belly" these "had bellies with stars. The plain-belly" these "had none upon thars" |
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President Eisenhower saw Stalin's death as a chance "to crack" this barrier & thaw out the Cold War |
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Turning back time, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", in 1966 |
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On July 2, 1979 the U.S. Mint elected to release a coin honoring this woman; nearly 758 million were made that year |
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The Ara Pacis, an altar built to honor this Roman emperor c. 9 B.C., was long forgotten, rescued in the 1930s & moved to a new home |
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This American Nobel Prize winner penned the book "The Double Helix" |
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