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The New York Yankees won the World Series in 2009. |
Sports > Baseball |
05/14/13 |
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| 2 |
The Elder Wand, The Cloak of Invisibility, and The Resurrection Stone are the three Deathly Hallows. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
04/27/13 |
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| 3 |
The sky, when not clouded over, in seen as a blue color due to the scattering of light waves by the particles and gases in the air. In the morning, the sky looks pink or red because there are more short wavelengths being scattered than medium (Blue) waves. Likewise, at sunset there are quite a bit more long waves, which are red, being scattered. |
Nature |
04/07/13 |
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| 4 |
Tom Marvolvo Riddle is an/a Anagram of I am Lord Voldermort |
Literature > Harry Potter |
03/16/13 |
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| 5 |
Boron nitride, in cubic form, is the second-hardest material known. |
Science > Chemistry |
03/11/13 |
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| 6 |
You can prevent an apple slice from turning brown by brushing it with lemon juice. |
Other |
03/07/13 |
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| 7 |
Latin grammar has six cases. |
Other |
02/18/13 |
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| 8 |
The Civil War ended in 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. |
History > War |
02/10/13 |
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| 9 |
The 2012 Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, is famous for a man dressing in a Batman suit, who robbed the theatre and killed 12 people by shooting. Because of this, another film to be released at the time, Gangster Squad, was pulled from screening because a major scene in the movie was when the main characters opened fire in a movie theatre, and was regarded as offending. Several scenes of the movie are now being completely reshot and is due for a release in early 2013. |
Television |
02/06/13 |
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| 10 |
J.K. Rowling was the author of this series, Harry Potter. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
02/03/13 |
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| 11 |
In Alaska, USA it's illegal to feed or give alcoholic beverages to a moose. |
Other |
02/02/13 |
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| 12 |
The light bulb was "invented" over 50 years before Edison made one, by a scientist named Humphrey Davy. |
People > Scientists |
02/02/13 |
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| 13 |
Expelliarmus is a spell that disarms the witch or wizard it is directed at. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
01/20/13 |
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| 14 |
"Expulso" is a spell (in Harry Potter) that makes the object the spell is directed at explode. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
01/19/13 |
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| 15 |
In Alaska, it's illegal to push a moose out of a moving helicopter or airplane. |
Other |
01/19/13 |
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