Orangutang Breastfeed For 8 Years Flashcards

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Most successful Christian musical artist as per weeks on the chart

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Amy grant
Album heart in motion from 91 sold 5 mil

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This English band had Steve winwood ginger baker Eric Clapton Rick gresh qs members with only 1 album
Summer tour in 69 lasted 3 months before splitting up
First concert in Hyde park 100K - big deal

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Blind faith

Eric Clapton and ginger baker out of cream

Steve winwood out of traffic

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1968 song Taurus by this rock band stolen? By this band that opened for them while touring
Resulting in a 94 copyright infringement lawsuit
31 on rolling stone greatest hits
Most requested song on radio in 71 even though not released as a single

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The British superBand
Led Zeppelin stairway to heaven

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Primary gods in Hindu faith

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Creator - bram uh
Destroyer - she vuh
Preserver - vish new

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Considered founder of thr church of later day saints

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Joseph smith
Not brigham young - former gov of Utah territory

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70% of Japanese citizens adhere to this religion that focuses on rituals and worship at shrines

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Shintoism
Follow Buddhism for weddings and funerals

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This belief system was based on the writings on the wnxient Chinese philosopher loutze
lout say

Ying and Yang important

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Daoism pronounced
Taoism spelled

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Number of popes
Also 2 countries produced most popes

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266 popes -2021
Italy and second France (16)

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This priest Posted his theses on the powers and effacicy of indulgences leading to his excommunication and splitting of Catholic Church
Also how many
And what year
And what country was he from

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Martin Luther in 1517
95
From Germany
Didn’t nail to door of church ?

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This religious leaders teachings consisted of 4 noble truths with thr goal of overcome suffering caused by desire and ignorance of reality

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Buddha - the enlightened one
Sid hearth uh guh Tom uh

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Andrews Methodist episcopal church in grafton WV houses an international shrine to this holiday born there

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Mother’s Day -Anna Jarvis

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Only artist to be nominated in each of the 5 decades since thr MtV vide music awards began

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Madonna

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Venus girdle

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Entangled with a jellyfish at the beach
Mediterranean Sea ?

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His speech “Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall” wqs preceded by this line

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Reagan

Mr Gorbachev open this gate
Berlin Wall up in 61 down in 89

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He released a song in 74 they ain’t makin Jews like Jesus any more
Ran for governor of this state as an independent and had this nickname which might reflect his sexual inclinations
Band was Texas Jew boys

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Richard freedman in Texas
Kinky - wow twy

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Number of books in the Bible
And who wrote the most

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66
think Minnesota leads to Saint Paul

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God gave his people instructions band According to traditional teaching there are this many commandments
Also what are they called

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613
Called mits fuhs as it bah bar mitzvah

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This book is considered one of the main holy scriptures for Hinduism and is said to date back to first millennia Bc

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Bhagavad Gita

Bagh it vah gita

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Name of collection of traditions or saying of Muhammad which account for his daily practice which is called soon uh ; constitute major source of guidance for Muslims apart from this

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Hadith
Apart from The Koran

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Festival of Lights held in autumn and celebrated by Hindu seek and Jane believers

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Duh val e

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African grasslands

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Savannas

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South American grasslands

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Pampas

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Shakespeare is well known as a sonnetier publishing 154 sonnets in his quarto fitting thr structure of traditional English sonnet which contains this many lines
Also written in this meter

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14 lines
Iambic pentameter
AB
AB
CD
CD
EF
EF
G
G

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This novel by her and now a tv show features a ww2 nurse who travels beck in time and falls in love with a Scottish clansman in thr 18th century

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Outlander by Diana gabel don

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Show spunoff from love American style an anthology series that ran from 69-74 BOnus 7 second generation spin-offs
Happy days spin-off 2nd generation Mork and mindy Laverne and Shirley Joanne loves cha che Blanski’s beauties Out of thr blue Laverne and Shirley with special guest star the fonz - animated The Fonz and thr happy days gang - animated
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Flowering shrubs used as border hedges :
PRIVETS Flowering plants in the genus Ligustrum are generally referred to as privets. Privets are often used to create ornamental and privacy hedges.
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Pop and R&B singer started her performing career as a child actress, playing Angela on the kids TV show “Barney & Friends” from 2002 to 2004. When she was all grown up, she served as a judge on “The X Factor” from 2012 to 2013, and soon after had the recurring role of Dani on “Glee”.
Demi Lovato
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Certain state of awareness while sleeping :
LUCID DREAM A lucid dream is a dream in which the person dreaming becomes aware that he or she is dreaming.
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is a very successful children’s author and book illustrator, with over 100 million of his books sold around the world; most famous title is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, and it alone has sold 30 million copies.
Eric Carle
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This Hall of Fame can be visited on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. The Hall of Fame Foundation was created in 1983 and started inducting artists in 1986. The Foundation didn’t get a home until the museum was dedicated in Cleveland in 1995. Also The magnificent building was designed by who
Rock and Roll famed architect I. M. Pei
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She was an American author who was most famous for her 1937 novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”.
Zora Neale Hurston
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This ranking system is used in several Japanese and Korean martial arts. The ranking indicates a level of proficiency, and often only applies to practitioners who have already earned a black belt
dan
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This is a Latin phrase that we use to mean “the essential element or condition”. The literal translation is “without which not”. One might say, for example, “a challenging crossword is the sine qua non of a good newspaper”. Well, crossword fans might say that …
“Sine qua non”
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His first big leading role in a movie was playing Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic “The Doors”. A few years later, he was chosen for the lead in another big production, “Batman Forever”. Things haven’t really gone as well for him since then, I’d say. Off the screen, he flirted with the idea of running for Governor of New Mexico in 2010. A Hollywood actor as a governor?
Val Kilmer
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is the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 film “Top Gun”.
2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise reprises his role as the navy pilot with the handle “Maverick”, this time training a group of younger Top Gun graduates to fly a dangerous mission. Personally, I think that the sequel is better than the original.
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Erin go bragh!” is an anglicization of the Irish phrase “Éirinn go brách!”, which translates as
“Ireland forever!”
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Playing the delightful death dealer, Selene in this film franchise she showed she can kick all kinds of ass
Kate Beckinsale in underworld
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Bill, Paxton, Janette, Goldstein and Lance Henriksen to the scenery and drank blood as creepy vamps in near dark an early feature directed by this woman who went on to win an Oscar
Catherine Bigelow
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Ages old Miriam in the hunger was played by this Paris born actress her sanguine taste ran from David Bowie to Susan Sarandon
Catherine deneuve duh know
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Max Shrek starred as the dastardly count orlock who’s fingernails and fangs set the template for the future in the grandfather of vampire films in this 22 film Also director
Nosuh fer ah 2 Nosferatu FW mer now
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Based on Thornton, Wilder play the matchmaker this beloved musical was back where it belonged back on Broadway in 2017
Hello Dolly Back where you belong
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After a famous opera singer passes out and can t perform another man takes his place in Ken Ludwig’s comedy lend me a this
Tenor
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1921 newspaper article says this former president realize his life’s ambition to have the judicial branch
Taft
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In 1986 weeks after becoming a justice, he received an award from the national Italian American foundation
Scalia Skkkuh Leah uh
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A college on W. 59th St. in Manhattan is named for this Supreme Court justice
John jay
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This former Dean of Harvard law school was pictured with a robe and gavel in her 1977 New York high school yearbook
Elena kagan K ghun
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World leaders In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book open veins of Latin America, five centuries of the pillage of a continent
Hugo Chavez of Venezuela with that provocative gift
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In 2019 the city renamed his international airport for a native son this boxing legend
Louisville renamed airport for Muhammad Ali
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Jim Carrey & Tea Leoni played a middle-class couple who resort to robbing in this 2005 comedy remake.
Guess: Me, Myself & Irene Answer: Fun with Dick and Jane
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With over 1.5 Billion Spotify streams, this musical duo is most known for their 2012 song "Classic".
Guess: Cheap Trick Answer: MKTO
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Along with a role in the MCU, this actor took on the lead role of the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown in 2021.
Guess: Jeremy Renner
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What is the most populated European country that begins with the letter "B"?
Guess: Bulgaria Double Dip Guess: Belgium Answer: Belgium
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In bold blue letters, what does Nabisco call its brand of saltine crackers?
Guess: Triscuit Answer: Premium
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This Sharks Centre racked up 30 points during the 2016 postseason.
Guess: Teemu Selanne Answer: Logan Couture
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After his Bills tenure, LeSean McCoy spent a single season with this AFC team in 2019.
Guess: New York Jets Answer: Kansas City Chiefs
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Terry Francona is the current manager for what National League team? 25
Guess: Cincinnati Reds
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ANIMALS & NATURE Famed for its long lifespan, what animal can still lay eggs at 100 years old? +100 correct
Galápagos tortoise
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MONEY & NUMBERS The design of which U.S. denomination has remained largely the same since 1929? +100 correct
$1 bill
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ANYTHING GOES Invented in Taiwan during the 1980s, what beverage contains tapioca pearls made from cassava root? +100 correct
Boba tea
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GEOGRAPHY Nicknamed “the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean,” the volcano Stromboli is located off the coast of what country? +100 correct
Italy
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ARTS & CULTURE The 1883 poem “The New Colossus” was written to help raise funds for the pedestal of what statue? +100 correct
Statue of Liberty
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HISTORY & SOCIETY Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein received anonymous tips from an FBI deputy director while covering what scandal?
Watergate
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BIOGRAPHIES The stage last name of what singer, famous for singing “Pink Pony Club,” was inspired by a western song about a horse? +100 correct
Chappell Roan
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SCIENCE & TECH A condition famously had by wrestler André René Roussimoff, acromegaly is commonly associated with what other condition? +100 correct
Gigantism
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impertinent definition
impertinent adjective im·​per·​ti·​nent (ˌ)im-ˈpər-tə-nənt -ˈpərt-nənt Synonyms of impertinent 1 a : given to or characterized by insolent rudeness an impertinent answer b : not restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste impertinent curiosity VOCAB Children might be called impertinent if they do which of the following? +100 correct Say rude things to a teacher
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Twin roles played by him in 2025’s sinners
Michael B Jordan
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literary this is a noted author, one who has achieved celebrity status.
lion
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State fossil of Indiana :
MASTODON Mastodons were large mammals that were related to the modern elephant. Mastodons roamed the forest of North and Central America until they became extinct about 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Their extinction is believed to have come about due to a rapid change in climate.
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World’s largest venomous snake :
KING COBRA The king cobra isn’t a cobra at all and rather belongs to its own genus. It is the world’s longest venomous snake and can grow to over 18 feet in length.
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is a coin collector. The term “” comes into English via French from the Latin word “nomisma” meaning ”coin”.
numismatist numismatics
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This name” applies to a number of frog species. As the name implies, these are frogs that spend very little time on the ground,
“tree frog and rather live in trees and high-growing vegetation. Tree frogs are usually very small in size, so that their weight can be borne by twigs and branches
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Samurai sword :
KATANA A katana is a curved sword worn by the samurai of Japan. It is sometimes referred to as a “samurai sword”.
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Iroquois nation :
SENECA The Seneca Native-American nation was a member of the Six Nations or Iroquois League, along with the Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tuscarora peoples. Historically, the Seneca lived south of Lake Ontario. The name “Seneca” translates as “Great Hill People”
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” is a videogame that was released in 2001. Each player is a human character living and interacting with rural villagers who are anthropomorphic animals. The game is described as open-ended, in that there are no objectives. Players just live in the village, carrying out activities in real time.
Animal Crossing
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Aspiring Jedi from the planet Jakku :
REY Rey is a central character in the “Star Wars” universe who first appeared in 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. She is trained as a Jedi by Luke Skywalker and his sister Princess Leia Organa. In honor of her mentors, she takes the name Rey Skywalker, and eventually becomes “The Last Jedi”. Rey is played by British actress Daisy Ridley
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Very good” is written as “sehr gut” in German, and as “this” in French.
très bien
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) is a private group that works to influence the outcome of a particular election or group of elections. Any group becomes one by law when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.
political action committee (PAC In 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that PACS that did not make direct contributions to candidates or parties could accept unlimited contributions. These “independent, expenditure-only committees” are commonly referred to as “super PACs”.
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Small shoelace sheath :
AGLET An aglet is a plastic or metal sheath that is found on the end of a shoelace or perhaps a drawstring. The name “aglet” comes from the Old French word “aiguillette” meaning “needle”.
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Thornfield Hall is the home of Mr. Rochester, and where much of the action takes place in this novel
Charlotte Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre”. Ultimately, Thornfield is destroyed by fire, a fire in which Mr. Rochester loses a hand and his eyesight. At the end of the story, Rochester and Jane get married and live together in an old house in the woods called Ferndean Manor.
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wrote several nonfiction books including “When Your Child Drives You Crazy” and “The Conspiracy Against Childhood”. She was also host of the PBS television show “How Do Your Children Grow?”
Eda LeShan
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has a Hungarian name as she was born to Hungarian parents in former Yugoslavia. She was the World No. 1 professional tennis player in 1991 and 1992 before being forced from the sport when she was stabbed by a spectator at a match in 1993. She did return to the game two years later, but never achieved the same level of success.
Monica Seles
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” were criminals who robbed and killed their way across the central US during the Great Depression. The pair were killed by a posse of Texas police officers just four years later in Louisiana.
Bonnie and Clyde Clyde Barrow was born a desperately poor young boy just south of Dallas, Texas. He was always in trouble with the law, first getting arrested at the age of 16. He met Bonnie Parker in 1930 at a friend’s house, and the smitten Parker followed Clyde into a life of crime.
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U.C. Irvine athlete :
ANTEATER UC Irvine is one of ten campuses in the University of California, and is located in Irvine, California just outside of Los Angeles. Irvine’s athletic teams have been called the anteaters since 1965, a name suggested by students in honor of the anteater in the Johnny Hart comic strip “B.C.”
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Loan shark :
USURER Usury used to be the practice of simply lending money at interest, but the term now refers to lending at rates of interest that are excessive.
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Experiment subject :
GUINEA PIG The guinea pig species of rodent is also known as a cavy. Guinea pigs aren’t related to pigs, and they are not from Guinea (in West Africa). They actually come from the Andes. Guinea pigs were used widely for research in the 1800s and 1900s, and as a result we use the term “guinea pig” for a test subject to this day.
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Natty dresser :
DANDY A dandy is a man who is overly fastidious with regard to his personal appearance. There’s a suggestion that the term originated in Scotland, where “Dandy” is a diminutive of the name “Andrew”. Back in the early 1800s, when the use of “dandy” was at its height, the female equivalent was a dandizette. A natty dresser is one who dresses smartly. The term “natty” may come from the Middle English “net” meaning “fine, elegant”, in which case it shares its etymology with the word “neat”.
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We get the names for Santa’s reindeer from the famous 1823 poem called “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, although we’ve modified a couple of the names over the years. The full list is:
Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donder (originally “Dunder”, and now often “Donner”) Blitzen (originally “Blixem”) Rudolph was added to the list by retailer Montgomery Ward, would you believe? The store commissioned Robert L. May to create a booklet that could be handed out to children around Christmas in 1939, and May introduced us to a new friend for Santa, namely Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Rare blood type, for short :
B-NEG Here is an approximate distribution of blood types across the US population: O-positive: 38 percent O-negative: 7 percent A-positive: 34 percent A-negative: 6 percent B-positive: 9 percent B-negative: 2 percent AB-positive: 3 percent AB-negative: 1 percent