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is a mixture of egg yolk and melted butter that is then seasoned, usually with lemon juice, salt and pepper. It has an exalted position in French cuisine.

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Hollandaise sauce

Although the origin is debated, some say that the recipe was invented in the Netherlands and taken to France by the Huguenots, hence the name “Hollandaise”, meaning “of Holland”.

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” is a fictional program that pops up on “The Simpsons”, i.e. a show within a show.

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The Itchy & Scratchy Show

Itchy is a blue mouse, and Scratchy is a black cat.

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In terms of physics, this is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius (at one atmosphere of pressure).

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calorie

The so-called “food calorie” is one thousand times as large, as it is defined in terms of kilograms instead of grams. In attempts to differentiate between these two definitions, the former is sometimes referred to as the “small calorie” and is given the symbol “cal”. The latter is referred to as the “large calorie” and given the symbol “Cal”, with a capital C. If only we’d use the SI system of units, we’d be thinking in just joules, instead of large and small and food calories.

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” is a 1998 thriller movie from Germany. The film comprises three tellings of events that transpire after a woman finds herself in need of DM100,000 within 20 minutes. Intriguing …

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Run Lola Run

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was born in the Austrian Empire in a village located in modern-day Croatia, and later moved to the US. His work on mechanical and electrical engineering was crucial to the development of alternating current technology, the same technology that is used by equipment at the backbone of modern power generation and distribution systems.

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Nikola Tesla

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is a ridge of stable material lying beneath the surface of a body of water. They can be made up of sand or rock, and also of coral.

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reef

The largest coral reef on the planet is Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles.

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Iron horse
Also number

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Baseball legend Lou Gehrig was known as a powerhouse. He was a big hitter and just kept on playing. Gehrig broke the record for the most consecutive number of games played, and he still holds the record for the most career grand slams. His durability earned him the nickname “The Iron Horse”. Sadly, he died in 1941 at 37-years-old suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an illness we now call “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”. The New York Yankees retired the number four on 4th of July 1939 in his honor, making Lou Gehrig the first baseball player to have his number retired.

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were a Celtic race, covering what is now known as France and Belgium.

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The Gauls
We use the term “Gallic” today, when we refer to something pertaining to France or the French.

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Word for Container of jam or pickels that comes from
The Arabic word for water vessel

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Jar

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In 1898 bayer began to market and bottle this now very illegal drug as a pain reliever and cough suppressant

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Heroin
A type of opium ?

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This book describes a 24 hour period of a prisoner in the gulag system

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Soul suh nit sin
One day in the life of Ivan duh niece uh vich

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One for the money
Two for the dough books

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Janet evanovich

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PMs John A McDonald and Lester Pearson both died in this city

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Ottawa

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Doors frontman apparently died in a Paris bathtub July 1971 ; others believe he faked his death

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Jim Morrison

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Title of a head nun at a covenant

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Mother superior

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8 K tons of iron used to build this landmark completed in 1889

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Eiffel Tower

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In 86 Steve Jobs bought this animation studio for 5M ; in 06 it was sold to Disney for 7.4B

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Pixar

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Played women’s sufffrwge leader Alice Paul in hbos iron jawed angels

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Hilary swank

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Steven soderbergh wqs behind the camera to direct him as this man in behind the candelabra
Candle ah bruh

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Michael Douglas as Liberace

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One reported origin of this national symbol is a beef supplier to the army who stamped his barrels US

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Uncle Sam

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Freaky fridayed herself into her body for the lifetime bio pic Liz and dixk

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Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor

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Journalist John reed died in this city and was buried with other Bolshevik heroes

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Moscow

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Ick thee awl uh goats take note this Seuss book says of other fauna none of them is like another don’t ask why go ask your mother

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One fish two fish red fish blue fish

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Once federated with Serbia its thr smallest in area of the nations bordering on the Adriatic Sea

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Montenegro