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PARENTING TIPS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA |
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Wilson Greatbatch was trying to record heart sounds, but using an incorrect resistor led him to invent the first implantable this |
a pacemaker
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Victorian doc Henry Kennedy said kids got the best sleep pointed in this direction, like a compass, cuz, you know, electricity |
north
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Coming up this river to attack Paris in the 9th c., Vikings were met by the garrison of Odo, who repulsed them--& turned them back |
the Seine
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On your shoe: this flap of material that keeps the laces from rubbing you the wrong way |
the tongue
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In a kids' book, we meet this title character along with his siblings Flopsy, Mopsy & Cotton-tail |
Peter Rabbit
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In the early 2010s, Brody Jenner had a Canadian girlfriend, this singer |
Avril Lavigne
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John Walker scraped some combustible materials he'd been mixing off the wooden stirrer & it burst into flames; this was born |
(Stacy: What is dynamite?)
a (friction) match
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In 1839 Thomas Bull (M.D.) wrote that women with nervous temperaments "ought never to suckle" & should use this kind of nurse |
a wet nurse
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This man's forces won the Battle of the Jhelum River in Asia in 326 B.C., but advanced no farther & turned back for home |
(Jonathan: Who is... Genghis Khan?)
Alexander the Great
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Along the side of the road: this area less pleasantly known as the breakdown lane |
the shoulder
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Quixada, Quesada or even Quexana may have been the original surname of the character who chose this name for himself |
Don Quixote
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Director Brian De Palma dated Margot Kidder in the early '70s, before her fame as this reporter for the Daily Planet |
Lois Lane
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Albert Hofmann was out to discover new stimulants when he accidentally dosed himself with this drug; pretty groovy |
LSD
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Baby Constance needs a teething toy? Put the feet of one of these burrowing creatures around her neck & let her rip |
(Jonathan: What is a mole-rat? Naked mole-rat?) ... (Ken: I think these Victorian parenting tips are going to be great.)
a mole
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In 1916 a group who resented this healer's influence shot him, then threw his body in the Neva River |
Rasputin
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On the high seas, this part of a sail that swells out when it's filled with wind |
the belly
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At the end of an 1831 novel, his skeleton is found in a cellar with a curved spine & soon crumbles into dust |
(Ken: Jonathan?) (Jonathan: Who is... Long John Silver?)
Quasimodo (the Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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Leon Draisaitl stars for this northernmost NHL team but went to warmer Spain to propose to Celeste Desjardins |
(Ian: Who are the Winnipeg Jets?) ... (Ken: [*] is further north, Ian.)
Edmonton
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He returned from a summer vacation to find a contaminated Petri dish, leading to the discovery of penicillin |
Fleming
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Dainty dresses allowed easy access for a diaper change; here's this future prez in one while rocking some mean bangs |
(Ken: I don't see the resemblance either, but that's [*].)
FDR
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Including Singidunum, a series of fortresses known as the Limes on this river marked the northern boundary of the Roman empire |
the Danube
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Inside your umbrella, these flexible rods providing structure & shape |
ribs
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A drug addict named William Lee is the narrator of this novel by William S. Burroughs |
Naked Lunch
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The not so "Mysterious Affair" of this One Direction alumnus in 2023 & '24 was with Canadian actress Taylor Russell |
Harry Styles
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One of his signature effects used in early films like "A Trip to the Moon" was created when the film in his camera jammed up |
Méliès
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Avoid giving tiny Agnes a green toy--it could have been painted with Paris green, full of this rat poison poorly regulated |
arsenic
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This longest river in Spain was the site of a bloody 1938 battle ending in a Republican defeat & Catalonia's isolation |
Ebro
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Up on the roof, these sharp inclined edges where two sloping sides meet |
the hips
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Jilted as a bride, she calls Satis House home in "Great Expectations" |
Miss Havisham
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If the word is apt after 9 years & 2 kids, the girlfriend of "Price Is Right" champ Jamie Linden is this "Hot Chick" from "The Notebook" |
Rachel McAdams
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