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How was I killed And why?
Sir Walter rawl e Raleigh
Londo England
1618
Beheaded for treason
Guitionne not yet invented
How was I killed And why?
William kemler
Auburn nY 1890
Electric chair for murder
Edison just invented electricity
First person ever executed this way
How was I killed And why?
Ignatious of antiock
Collesium
Circa 135 common era
Thrown to lions
Spreading Christianity
Sworn in as governor of Pennsylvania in 23
Josh Shapiro
Prefix for 10
Deca
23 super bowl Champs
Chiefs and mahomes
The hormone insulin is secreted by structures in the pancreas called this , which are named for their island-like appearance under a microscope and for their discoverer- him .
Rhe islets of Langerhans
Paul Langerhans
The hormone is named for the “islets”, as the Latin for island is “insula”.
were the first breath mints to be marketed nationally in the US, hitting the shelves in 1956.
Certs
A Cert is called a mint, but it isn’t really as it contains no mint oil and instead has its famous ingredient named “Retsyn”. Retsyn is a mixture of copper gluconate (giving the green flecks), partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil (not healthy!) and flavoring (maybe mint?).
The microwave oven was invented in 1946 by him , an engineer here . While he was standing beside an active radar unit, which used microwaves, he noticed that the candy bar in his pocket had melted.
Percy Spencer at Raytheon
Spencer proceeded to expose various foods to microwaves in tests that would lead to the development of the first commercial microwave oven
Ceramic cooker for a classic Boston dish that led to its nickname :
BEAN POT
In the days of sail, the natural trade routes across the Atlantic involved a lot of ships arriving in Boston directly from the West Indies. One of the main cargoes carried by these vessels coming from the West Indies was molasses. An abundance of cheap molasses led to an abundance of baked beans in the port city, and all those baked beans gave rise to Boston’s nickname “Beantown”.
Poor Things” Oscar winner Stone :
Actress Emma Stone is from Scottsdale, Arizona. Shereally came to prominence with her performance in the 2010 high school movie called “Easy A”, and won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 2016 movie “La La Land”. Now one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood, Stone values her privacy and works hard to maintain a low profile. Good for her, I say …
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Top 15
Tokyo
Delhi
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Mexico City
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Beijing
Dhaka Bangladesh
Osaka Japan
NYC
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Chongqing China
Istanbul
He made a name for himself in the “Harold & Kumar” series of comedy films. These so-called “stoner comedies” are not my cup of tea, but I enjoyed him playing his more mainstream roles on TV’s “House” and “24”. He left the world of acting when President Obama won the 2008 election to work as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement (although he did leave the White House briefly to film the “Harold & Kumar” sequel).
Indian-American actor Kal Penn
is located in northern Iraq and is the third largest city in the country, after Baghdad and Basra. It is located on the west bank of the Tigris river, opposite the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh in the east bank.
Mosul
Mosul was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. Those residents of Mosul who did not escape suffered under the rule of ISIL until the city’s liberation following the Battle of Mosul in 2016/2017.
The marvelous Scottish actor Brian Cox plays this head of the company in succession.
Logan Roy
two nations in the Americas to have French as an official language,
Haiti
the other being Canada.
Otis Redding’s record label :
STAX
Stax Records was founded in 1957 as Satellite Records. The biggest star to record with Stax was the great Otis Redding.
