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Christian Huygens wrote about this planet's rings way back in 1659 |
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An early version of this water sport had players riding on barrels painted to look like horses |
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At 15 Lady Jane Grey was imprisoned in this fortress when accused of treason by Mary Tudor |
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While fleeing the destruction of Sodom, Lot's wife "looked back from behind him, and she became" this |
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Most languages of Western Europe get their words for "read" & "write" from this language's legere & scribere |
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Of praise, increase or mock, what you do to something you augment |
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Instrument-laden rovers landed on this planet in 2004 |
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This 5-sport Olympic event had its origins in the activities of a military dispatch rider in enemy territory |
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18 when she became queen in 1837, she reigned for 63 years |
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Hochdeutsch is the modern standard form of this language |
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The body of songs a chanteuse is prepared to sing or of plays a company is prepared to put on |
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The Great Red Spot on this planet is actually a giant storm |
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This Olympic sport is said to date from 12th century Holland, where frozen canals were used as courses |
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Wilhelmina of this country reigned as a teen after the last male in the house of Orange-Nassau died in 1890 |
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David gave this son & successor advice & plans for building the temple in Jerusalem |
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The Pinyin system for writing this language in the English alphabet was officially adopted Jan. 1, 1979 |
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The time of day described as "crepuscular" is when this is happening |
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A year on this planet is only 88 days long |
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This sport was invented in England by modifying a dining room table; the ball was made of rubber or cork |
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In 1615 14-year-old Anne married Louis XIII & was later accused of treason by this cardinal |
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When this man's brother said that he was still alive, his father Jacob's "heart fainted, for he believed them not" |
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In French, "Hier Henri m'aimait", "Yesterday Henry loved me", is an example of this "flawed" past tense |
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Noun for a person who's sorry & is ritually showing his sorrow under the guidance of a confessor |
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With Pluto demoted, this is now the outermost planet |
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In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous |
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In 1343 Joanna was a teen queen of a kingdom with the name of this large port city near Pompeii |
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This heroine for whom a Bible book is named was married to King Ahasuerus of Persia |
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Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name |
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This adjective for a terrifying experience comes from a toothed farm implement used on plowed ground |
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