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Former New England Patriots Tight End

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Aaron Hernandez

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Last Japanese Imperial soldier to surrender

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Hiroo Onoda

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A famous American bourbon

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Jim Beam

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The founder of Chuck E. Cheese’s

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Nolan Bushnell

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Suspended for cussing at a teacher

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Dylan

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Former president who had 232 recess appointments

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Ronald Regan

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Student who had a Miami Heat logo cut into his hair

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Danny Valdes

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The president of Mexico

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Enrique Pena Nieto

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New Head football coach at Texas

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Charlie Strong

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He was killed by Aaron Hernandez

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Odin Lloyd

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Castaway who was adrift for 13 months

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Jose Salvador

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Arrested for DUI in Florida after he was reportedly drag racing

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Justin Bieber

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Died of a heroin overdose

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

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The uncle of the leader of North Korea who was killed because he was considered to be the 2nd most powerful man in North Korea

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Jang Sung Thaek

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Senator from Missouri

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Clair McCaskil

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Governor of Georgia

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Nathan Deal

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Southwest Airlines President and CEO

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Gary Kelly

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Acting secretary of foreign affairs for the Marshall Islands

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Gee Bing

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A drinking binge that last several days in Russia

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Zapoi

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Mayor of Atlanta

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Kasim Scott

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Governor of Florida

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Rick Scott

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Republican from Florida resigned because of guilty plea deal of cocaine possession

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Trey Radel

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Governor of Vermont

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Pete Shumlin

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Toyota spokesmen

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John Hanson

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Lead researcher on the vodka study in Russia

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Sir Richard Peto

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Leader of North Korea

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Kim Jung Un

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CEO of Facebook

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Mark Zuckerberg

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Head of Iran’s nuclear program

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Ali Akbar Salehi

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President of Zimbabwe

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Robert Mugabe

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Soviet Union leader who was born in Ukraine

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Nikita Khrushonev

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Credited with starting Black History Week

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Carter Woodson

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Former U.S. Congress member who was arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly illegally possessing pornography and violating immigration laws

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Mel Reynolds

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Ten year old girl from Springfield, MO who was abducted and killed

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Hailey Owens

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Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks

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Mohamad Javad Zarif

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Charged with felony DUI and manslaughter when she killed 6 people while driving

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Olivia Carolee Culbreath

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Mother of a distressed baby that was mentioned by AOL’Ss cheif executive

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Deanna Fei

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Fined by the U.S Department of Transportation

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Asiana Airlines

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The name of the asteroid that was the size of three football fields that went by earth

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2000 EM26

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U.S. Chief negotiator with Iran in the nuclear talks

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Wendy Sherman

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Commander of Iran’s northern navel fleet

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Afshin Rezayee Haddad

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AOL’s chief executive

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Tim Armstrong

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Accused of killing a 10 year old girl

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Craig Michael Wood

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The 6th host of NBC’s Tonight Show

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Jimmy Fallon

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The CEO of First Meta

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Autumn Radtke

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Congressmen who proposed banning the use of orcas for performance purposes

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Richard Bloom

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The lawyer for Darren Sharper

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Leonard Levine

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This state wants to split from Ukraine and join Russia

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Crimea

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CEO of Sbarro’s

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David Karam

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Superintendent of Schools in Atlanta

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Erroll Davis

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Pizza chain

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Sbarro’s

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Irainian man who purchased 2 tickets used by Iranian men on flight 370

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Kazim Ali

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The mom who drove her mini van into the ocean

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Ebony Wikerson

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Chief Justice who sided with the majority on the bike trail case out west

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John Roberts

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Former Pro Bowl suspected of rapping 9 women in 5 states

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Darren Sharper

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The movie the revealed the harsh treatments of orcas

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Blackfish

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Cheif Justice who was against the bike trail case out west

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Sonia Sotomayor

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Teen who spent nearly 25,000 of someone else’s money when a bank teller deposited the money in the wrong account

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Steven Fields

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Outgoing Prime Minister of France

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Jean-Marc Ayrault

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Convicted Israeli spy

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Jonathon Pollard

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Governor of Washington

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Jay Inslee

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Teen who was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools

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Kwasi Enin

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Israel Prime Minister

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Currently the Interior Minister of France and is expected to be named the new Prime Minister

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Manuel Valls

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Chicago Fire Commissioner

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Jose Santiago

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City where Barack Obama ad Pope Francis met

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Vatican

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Shortstop for Yankees

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Derek Jeter

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Leader of the National Front political party in France

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Marine LePen

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Dozens injuired in a train accident at O’Hare International Airport

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Chicago

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County in Washington that had the mudslide

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Snohomish

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Former President of Egypt

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Mohammed Morsi

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1st and only Catholic President

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JFK

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France’s President

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Francois Hollande

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Captain of the South Korean ferry that sank

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Lee Joon-Seok

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Host taking over Late Show on CBS

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Stephen Colbert

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Lawyer 16 year old who stabbed 20 kids

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Patrick Thomassey

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Pediatrician who water boarded stepdaughter

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Melvin Morse

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The last American to win the Boston Marathon

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Greg Meyer

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16 year old who stabbed 20 classmates

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Alex Hribal

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Retring from Late Night

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David Letterman

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South Korean President

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Park Geun Hye

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CBS CEO

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Leslie Moonves

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Banned work emails after 6 pm

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France

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IRS chief Human Capital Officer

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David Krieg

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WR for Seattle Seahawks

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Ricardo Lockette

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First American to win Boston Marathon

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Meb Keflezighi

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New York Knicks free agent

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Carmelo Anthony

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49ers GM

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Trent Baalke

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memeber of the Tongan Crip who was shot by U.S. Marshall as he tried to attack witness with a pen

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Siale Angilau

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49ers quaterback

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Kaepernick

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England teenager who document his struggle with cancer on Facebook

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Stephen Sutton

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Name of ferry that crashed in South Korea

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Sewol

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Morrysville Police Chief

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Thomas Seefield

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Knicks President

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Phil Jackson

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The day Boston Marathon is ran on

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Patriot Day

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