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THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT |
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How low can you go in this party dance? One girl passed under a bar set just 8 1/2 inches off the floor |
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It gets hot in El Azizia, near Tripoli, in this country--hot like 124 degrees one day in 1922 |
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1980: This pie-shaped character chomps its way into arcades |
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It's a new TV series derived from an existing one, like "Teen Mom" from "16 and Pregnant" |
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The golden apples of the Hesperides were guarded by Ladon, one of these mythic creatures |
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Fastest talker Sean Shannon set a record by reciting the "to be or not to be" soliloquy from this play in 23.8 seconds |
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Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees |
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1995: Sony releases PlayStation, which loads games from these instead of cartridges |
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When you aren't connected to the Internet, you still may be able to work this way |
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The Cloisters & the Costume Institute are both part of this vast New York City museum |
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2,865 fountains were created when participants dropped this brand of candy into bottles of soda |
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Raindrops won't be fallin' on your head in Arica, in this south American country; it takes 30+ years to get one inch of rain |
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2007: This game from Harmonix is like "Guitar Hero" with mic & drums |
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The International Chili Society sanctions this type of competition worldwide |
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For his work on monetary theory, Milton Friedman won the 1976 Nobel Prize for this |
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In 2011 a robot solved this toy in a record 5.27 seconds |
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On April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow - wind clocked at 231 mph |
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2009: Batman wins new fans as he fights bad guys who've seized this mental hospital |
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Beware of this unlicensed copy of a more expensive item like a name brand purse or watch |
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He got his job at age 4; 49 years later, in 1989, he won a Nobel Peace Prize |
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goarmy.com has a section called "locate" this person whose job is to help you join up |
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In 2011 the world's longest living snake was a 25-foot, 2-inch reticulated one of these |
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Better bring an umbrella to Lloro, near this South American country's Pacific Coast, said to average 40 feet of rain a year |
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2010: This Xbox motion-sensing system allows players to play games without a controller |
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It's a 9-letter word for one's children |
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The IAEA, the International this Agency, shared the 2005 Peace Prize for its efforts to make nuclear power safe |
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Clavicle is another name for this bone |
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