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In 1905 Roald Amundsen finally conquered this Atlantic-to-Pacific route explorers had sought for centuries |
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The July 1969 Esquire cover asked, "what words should the first man" here "utter that will ring through the ages?" |
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It has the atomic No. 1 & is the most abundant element in the universe |
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Between 1972 & 2015 Bob Barker came on down to host 6,731 episodes of this game show |
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Charles Schulz fondly wrote, "Happiness is a warm" one |
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John Speke accidentally shot himself before he was to debate Richard Burton over the source of this river |
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The plane flown by this alliterative man is seen here on the August 29, 1908 cover of "Scientific American" |
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin |
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An essential nutrient, this element, symbol K, is in bananas, lima beans & avocados |
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A 2014 New York Times headline about her said: "Others fade, but" this TV judge "is forever" |
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Samuel Johnson said oats was a grain given to these in England, "but in Scotland supports the people" |
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A Royal Geographical Society expedition found him in 1873, dead; he'd been found in 1871 alive under more famous circumstances |
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The December 6, 1924 Saturday Evening Post cover featured a Christmas scene by him |
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Lightweight & strong, this element is named for the group that preceded the Olympians in mythology |
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Despite leaving & coming back, as of 2020 Joy Behar has co-hosted this show longer than any of the other co-hosts |
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John Donne wrote that it was "nature's great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts" |
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Scotsman Gordon Laing, the first European to reach this ancient African city, was murdered shortly after leaving there |
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In February 1963 Car & Driver featured this classic Triumph sports car & the same-named fighter plane |
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Playwriting President Vaclav Havel |
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Elements that are gases at room temperature include argon, neon, krypton & this rare "foreign" noble gas used in lighting |
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Pine Valley was the fictional setting for this longtime soap that often revolved around Erica Kane & her many husbands |
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"Oh" it "has pretty teeth, dear, and he shows them, pearly white" |
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The Ronne this 2-word feature is named for Edith Ronne, one of Antarctica's first female explorers |
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The July 1963 National Geographic cover listed a Carl Sandburg article on these 2 "burgs" subtitled "Just a Hundred Years Ago" |
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Audrey Hepburn & Jean-Claude Van Damme |
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Identified in 1886 by a Freiberg professor, this shiny gray element was named for its country of discovery |
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Robert Frost rhymed, "The way" this bird / "Shook down on me / The dust of snow / From a hemlock tree" |
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