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| The too-short 63-year lifespan of Rembrandt van Rijn was all in this century |
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| A scarf for your neck, or a sound-deadener for your car |
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| Stacy Schiff wrote a much-lauded 2010 biography of this Egyptian queen |
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| This state floral emblem of Oklahoma gets a lot of press around Christmas |
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| From this duo's classic routine: "Who's on first?" "Yes." "I mean the fellow's name." "Who." "The guy on first." "Who" |
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| An overly formal person is sometimes referred to as a "stuffed" one of these |
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| The Boston Tea Party tea dumpers were dressed up as these |
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| This 6-letter test checks the acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
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| Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen have written a series of books called this food "for the Soul" |
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| Historians believe the face of this 66'-high landmark represents King Khafre, but we're pretty sure the king had a nose |
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| By George! He noted, "Football is concerned with downs...baseball is concerned with ups! Who's up? Are you up? I'm not up!" |
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| Want to stuff your recently deceased pet? Take him to one of these, from the Greek for "arrange skin" |
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| Later First Lady, she was sent to finishing school in England in 1899, shortly before her uncle became president |
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| Meaning destiny, this word is from Sanskrit for "deed"; let's see if yours is good, man |
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| "Golden Rules", by this "Project Runway" mentor, is subtitled "Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work" |
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| In rhyme, this type of footstool is a great place to enjoy curds and whey |
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| This deadpan comic: "Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone...stood around and sang 'Happy Birthday'" |
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| StuffIt, which makes computer files smaller, is this type of program, also a kind of wave or bandage |
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| Lasting only 12 years, it billed itself ordinally as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire & German Empire of 1871-1918 |
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| It means occurring every 6 years |
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| This singer won a National Book Award for "Just Kids", about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe |
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| An imaginary line extends north from the 2 stars at the front of the "cup" of this star group and points to Polaris |
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| This cross-dressing comic from Britain, on Stonehenge: "No one's built a henge like that...since" |
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| This young actress gave her clothing line a rhyming name: her last name & the word "Stuff" |
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| In 1798 Malthus published an essay arguing that population will always grow faster than this essential |
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| To withdraw from a case as a judge to avoid any semblance of bias |
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| This New York Times food writer gives 2,000 recipes in the 10th anniversary edition of "How to Cook Everything" |
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| Harry Brearley's 1913 try at an alloy that would better resist erosion in gun barrels led to this type of steel |
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| Mitch Hedberg: "I saw a wino eating" these fruit items. "I was like, dude, you have to wait" |
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