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These leather leggings that protected a cowboy's legs in the Old West are back in fashion today |
chaps
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In 1873 San Francisco became the first city in the world to have this means of transportation |
cable cars
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In the first draft of "Peter Pan", this fairy's name was Tippy-Toe |
Tinker Bell
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From the Latin caput, for "head", it's literally the "head city" |
the capital
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Those darn Etruscans were noted for decorating pins with tiny grains of this metal |
gold
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In his career, he walked a record 2,056 times |
Babe Ruth
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With little wood, Texas didn't have many fences until this was invented; it started a range war |
barbed wire
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In 1861 the first practical one of these, the velocipede, was produced in Paris |
the bicycle
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George Selden wrote about one of these "in Times Square" while Dickens' was "on the Hearth" |
a cricket
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6-letter word for a spider's snare which comes from the Old English for "spider" |
cobweb
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He must have liked enamel bracelets because several were found in his tomb in the 1920s |
Tutankhamun (King Tut)
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If Paul Bunyan sang "I Got You Babe", he'd be referring to one of these animals |
an ox
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Cowboys in the Old West called them "wipes" & they were usually neutral colors or blue |
bandanas
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WWII bombings destroyed the German factories that made these airships & building was never resumed |
(Dale: What are dirigibles?) (Alex: Dirigibles? Be more specific.) (Dale: What are lighter than air ships?) (Alex: No, we need you to be more specific; we'll give you one more shot at it.) (Dale: What are blimps?)
zeppelins
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This title rag doll made her first appearance in 1918 in a collection of stories by Johnny Gruelle |
Raggedy Ann
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The Greek word for "new" gave us the name of this rare, inert gas |
neon
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A diamond ring was one of the symbols of this wealthy & powerful Florentine family |
the Medicis
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It's where Victor Herbert set his "Babes" |
Toyland
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He interviewed Wild Bill Hickok as well as Dr. Livingstone |
Stanley
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This model of Ford is the top-selling American car in the U.S. |
the Taurus
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Created by Astrid Lindgren, this Swedish girl believes her father is a cannibal king |
(Dale: Who is Heidi?)
Pippi Longstocking
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The Latin root galli, for "Gauls", gave us this name for waterproof overshoes |
galoshes
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In the 16th century this English queen's portrait appeared on gem-studded "Armada Jewels" |
Queen Elizabeth I
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She set records in the 1932 Olympics in the javelin throw & the 80-meter hurdles |
Babe Didrikson
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Emmett, the youngest brother in this family, was the only survivor of their Coffeyville, Kansas raid |
the Daltons
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Built in the 1860s, the Pioneer was the first of this man's railroad sleeping cars |
George Pullman
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Michael Bond named this fictional bear for a London railroad station |
Paddington Bear
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This small, one-story cottage gets its name from "Bengal", where it probably originated |
bungalow
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In 1987 this late American-born Duchess' jewels were auctioned off for more than $50 million |
Wallis Simpson (the Duchess of Windsor)
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Nicknamed "Babe", this early film comedian played The Tin Woodsman in 1925's "The Wizard of Oz" |
Oliver Hardy
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