Mamals Have The Same Skeletal System As Giraffes Got Taller Indiv Vertebrae Just Got Longer Flashcards

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What does atomic number mean

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Number of protons in the atom
Proton count
Modern table organize by number
Originally weight - roughly the same thing ?

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First element artificially produced

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Tech knee she um
90 elements naturally found in nature

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Moniker slang for fraudster in India
Famously sold the taj mahal the red fort and the Parliament House of India several times over

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Nuh twar low

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Investment scam still prolific to this day was named after its inventor and initially a plan to purchase IRC (international reply coupons) cheaply in one country and sell them more expensively in another country where the price is higher

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Ponzi scheme
Charles
Not a pyramid scheme which is where you get the next person to being in other people

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Billy McFarland is famously for defrauding investors to the tune of 27 M for sales of thickets to this 17 event

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Fire festival
Also met gala
Coachella
Burning man

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Elements named for planets and astronomical objects

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Mercury
Plutonium
Neptunium
Helium
Uranium
Selenium
Serium- named for Ceres the first asteroid also Roman goddes of grain
Palladium- second asteroid to be discovered ; also Pallas character in Greek mythology
Tellurium- telus latinn name for the earth

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Chemical symbol for silver

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Ag argentum root is white or shining
Argentina is named such because a lot of silver

Gold is au

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June birthstone

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Pearl -Traditional
Alexandrite- modern

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Longest winning streak in NBA history
71-72 season after this future HOF announced his retirement

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Lakers
Elgin Baylor

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Lou Gehrig day
2130 games
Who broke record and when

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June 2
Cal Ripken jr September 5 95 who played 2632 games

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Fruitful composer who wrote over 300 songs while studying at this Connecticut Ivy League institution

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Cole Porter
Yale

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This supergroup created in 89was comprised on Tommy Shaw from Styx jack blades from night Ranger and Ted new gent

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The damn Yankees

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This US president released a version of the Bible that used razors and glue to remove miracles of Jesus in New Testament

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Jefferson

Jefferson Bible - life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth ; just wanted to talk about the morals
Not the vindictive Chester a Arthur

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Reverend Jerry fall well complained that this fictional character with a triangle on his head was a gay role model

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Tinky winky - purple
Tell uh tub e

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This president is to the new deal as he is to the new frontier

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FDR new deal
JFK new frontier - his domestic program

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This candy gets its name from the German word
Pfefferminz

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The celebrity wing of this hall of fame includes Peter rose Donald trump and mr T

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Sitcom with most spin-offs

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All in the family - 5
The Jefferson’s - had a spin-off
Archie bunkers place
Gloria
704 houser
Maude - had a spin-off

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Top 2 transplanted organs

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Kidney
Liver is 2
Heart is 3

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In this 92 movie there are 3 prizes for the sales contest
1 Cadillac el dorado
2. Steak knives
3?

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glen Gary glen Ross
You’re fired is third prize

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Habla espanol
Only African country to have Spanish as an official language

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Equatorial Guinea
Was a previous colony of Spain

Not Morocco

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Mascots

This was the first Olympic mascot debuting in these Olympics

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Doxson in Munich Germany 72
Waldy the dog - marathon was the shape of the dog

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This means war
The first Olympic held in the US
Only 12 nations participated for 2 reasons
1 difficulty of travel to the location
2 tensions created from this war

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1904 st Louis
Rue so Japanese war - preceded ww1

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Sampler
94 song ganatas paradise by this artist sampled this song

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Coolio sampled Stevie wonder - past time paradise
Album - songs in the key of life

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Never have I ever Since 46 the uN has had 9 Secretary generals from these continents
South America Africa Asia Europe Antarctica- no North America- no Australia - no
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53 years after they met who did Superman marry in dc comics Superman the wedding album
Lois lane
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This coach has 9 Stanley cup wins
Scotty bowman
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French Polynesia once used special mailboxes for the daily delivery of these long narrow loaves of bread
Baguette
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Inn1538 this world leader wqs excommunicated from the Catholic Church by this pope
King Henry 8 by pope Paul III
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This Florida sea mammal is more closely related to the elephant than the dolphin
Manatee