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Under the 1707 Act of Union the kingdoms of England & this country were united |
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She began her crusade against liquor in Medicine Lodge, Kansas in |
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While teaching at Princeton this future president wrote a 5-volume history of the American people |
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Maples, oaks & grasses are pollinated by the action of this |
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French for "relaxation", it refers to the relaxation of Cold War tension between the U.S. & the USSR |
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Since 1988 this TV show hosted by John Walsh has helped capture over 137 criminal |
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In 1657 Parliament offered to make this lord protector, king but he refused |
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Anthropologist, who at age 72 became president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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In 1980, Tom Wolfe won an American Book Award for this saga of the Mercury astronauts |
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Native to the United States, southern cane is a variety of this giant grass |
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"Doppelpunkt", which is German for "double point", refers to this punctuation mark |
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They were killed in a police ambush in Louisiana in 1934; she was shot 23 times, he 25 |
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All but 6 months of his reign was spent outside of England, mainly on the Third Crusade |
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This comedienne was pushing 50 when her Baby Snooks character premiered on radio in 1936 |
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In a recent book this "Sophie's Choice" author told of the depression which almost cost him his life |
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This acid is the chemical constituent of genes in plants too |
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The Spanish "capa y espada" translates to this, meaning clandestine, or involving intrigue |
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Despite his many questionable dealings Al Capone was convicted only of this crime |
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The marriage of King Henry VII of Lancaster to Elizabeth of York in 1486 helped end this series of wars |
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This first lady was born on February 13, 1885 to David & Madge Wallace |
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The 1st chapter of his "Understanding Media" is titled "The Medium is Message" |
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Also called ling, this shrub was probably named after the moors it's found on |
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This word, Dutch for "whirlpool", can also refer to a violent situation |
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It's the only crime defined by the U.S. Constitution |
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After the Hundred Years' War England's only possession in France was this city on the Strait of Dover |
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In 1976 Cornelia Ender, an East German, became the 1st woman to win 4 Olympic gold medals in this sport |
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Published in 1977 "American Hunger" is the sequel to his autobiographical "Black Boy" |
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Complete flowers have both male stamens & these female appendages |
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Descartes summed up his philosophy with this Latin phrase, "I think, therefore I am" |
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His 1977 execution by firing squad was the 1st U.S. case of capital punishment in 10 years |
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