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From 1834 to June 1838, Louisa May's dad Bronson Alcott ran the Temple School in a temple of this fraternal order |
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Winning for her role as Rose Maxson, she called "Fences" a movie about "life & forgiveness & grace" |
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In Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn", the tale told by the landlord is of this man's ride |
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You'll find it behind a basketball hoop |
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In the summer of 1620, it made 2 unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic before succeeding in September |
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The planets & sun were thought to revolve around the Earth; in the 16th century, this Polish astronomer proved otherwise |
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A sometimes brutal school for boys opened in 1900 as the Florida State this type of school & closed in June 2011 |
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Everybody loved his Raymond Babbitt, who definitely, definitely loved Wapner more |
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Maya Angelou wrote that this title creature "sings of freedom" |
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Seen here, the turkey vulture is also known by this unappealing moniker |
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In 2002, 140 years after this ironclad had sunk, its turret was raised from the sea |
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A long-held notion was that a planet called this, like Spock's home, was between the sun & Mercury; it was debunked |
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St. Mary's College closed in June 1931, the same year this alumnus who founded the Chicago White Sox passed away |
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In his umpteenth Western, he was Rooster Cogburn |
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About these, Edgar Allan Poe wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!" |
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Firing-squad executee accessory |
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When Columbus acquired his flagship, it was called La Gallega; he changed its name to this |
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The 18th c. had the phlogiston theory of combustion; Lavoisier subbed in the theory of this newly discovered gas |
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St. Paul's College in Virginia, 1888-June 2013, is one of many shuttered HBCUs, short for these "colleges & universities" |
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This man was recruited to portray Harvey Milk |
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A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues" |
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Distaff equivalent of a groomsman |
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Now part of a Boston museum, this 220-year-old ship fought against the Barbary pirates & in the War of 1812 |
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Stress & a rich diet were blamed for this type of lesion in the stomach; turns out the culprit is the bacteria H. pylori |
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In June 2016 the flag was lowered at an Albuquerque military academy named for this Philippine peninsula of WWII carnage |
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(Blue) Jasmine turned into a red-hot role for this Aussie |
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This Englishman was buried in 1771 in St. Giles' churchyard, the reputed subject of his famous elegy |
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It's where on your person you might find Presidents Washington, Jackson & Lincoln |
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In 1577 it left England with 4 sister ships; the sister ships didn't make it around the world but it did |
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Here's a 19th century depiction of this practice of this science, proved to be utter malarkey |
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