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| Reza Khan became the Shah of this country, now Iran, October 31, 1925 |
Persia
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| Beheading, removing the heart, impaling with a wooden stake & burning the body are ways to kill one |
vampires
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| On May 13, 1864 a Union private became the first soldier buried in this Virginia cemetery |
Arlington
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| All native bats in North America are active at this time of day only |
night
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| Mel Gibson first caught America's attention when he played this vigilante |
Mad Max
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| The gal, a unit for measuring the acceleration of gravity, got its name from this Italian scientist |
Galileo
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| This magician & escapologist couldn't escape death October 31, 1926 |
Harry Houdini
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| Clairvoyance is considered part of this sense |
the sixth sense
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| This city's Pere-Lachaise Cemetery is the final resting place of Oscar Wilde & Edith Piaf |
Paris
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| Bats are beneficial: just 1 brown bat can down 600 of these long-nosed bloodsuckers in an hour |
mosquitoes
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| At the Wonderland Tea Party, he asks the unanswerable riddle "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" |
the Mad Hatter
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| Schiaparelli was first to see these on Mars; Lowell thought they were irrigation ditches |
the canals
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| It's reported that on October 31, 1517 he nailed some theses to a door |
Martin Luther
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| Sir George Villiers has been seen at Windsor Castle as one of these |
a ghost
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| This English church holds the remains of Charles Darwin & Robert Browning |
Westminster Abbey
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| Contrary to public opinion, bats are not a common source of this disease, unlike raccoons, foxes & dogs |
rabies
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| It was Rasputin's nickname |
the Mad Monk
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| Edwin Armstrong invented this type of radio that transmits by altering its frequency |
(Danila: What is shortwave?)
FM (frequency modulation)
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| While on the way to meet Peter Ustinov to work on a documentary, this world leader was killed Oct. 31, 1984 |
Indira Gandhi
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| The soul is sometimes called this type of "body" and it can leave yours |
the astral body
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| 368 World War I soldiers are buried in this U.S. military cemetery near Waregem, Belgium |
(Alex: Cemetery is very well known in poetry, particularly [*].)
Flanders Fields
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| The Chinese character for this emotion is the same one as for a bat, not a warm puppy |
happiness
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| Belinda Carlisle's first solo hit, or a TV sitcom starring Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt |
Mad About You
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| c. 140 A.D. this Alexandrian astronomer cataloged 48 of the 88 constellations now recognized |
Ptolemy
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| On October 31, 1943 Mussolini ordered this Italian king executed, but no one listened |
Victor Emmanuel
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| In Europe & the U.S. it was believed that this numbered son of the same-numbered son had occult powers |
seventh
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| Many cowboys & gunslingers were buried in this cemetery outside Dodge City, Kansas |
Boot Hill
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| In German the bat is called Die Fledermaus, which translates to this |
the flying mouse
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| This famous phrase on retaliation is attributed to Joseph P. Kennedy |
don't get mad, get even
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| Though Charles Best helped Banting isolate this hormone, he wasn't awarded the Nobel Prize |
(Danila: What is adrenaline?) (Alex: No. Diabetics the world over are grateful to their work in coming up with [*]. [*].)
insulin
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