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| _______ was hit in the head by a falling ________ while sitting under a tree, providing inspiration for the Law of Gravity. | |
| When _______ was told that the people of France were suffering from a bread shortage, she famously suggested: “_________.” | |
| Roman Emperor _______ played the _______ while his city burned. | |
| Before Columbus sailed to America and proved them all wrong, most people believed the _______ was _______. | |
| The “_________” is based on English Common Law from long ago, when a man could beat his wife provided he did not use a stick thicker than a specific appendage of his hand. | |
| _______, a prehistoric monument of standing rocks, was built by the ancient _______, a priestly class of the Celts who arrived in England around 600 BC. | |
| In Ancient Rome, if the Emperor gave a '_______' signal it meant to let a defeated gladiator live; but a '_______' signal meant kill him. | |
| Between 855 and 858, a female pontiff, popularly referred to as “________”, was head of the Catholic Church without anyone suspecting she was a woman (until she gave birth). | |
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| The aptly named Thomas _______ invented the flushing toilet. | |
| The ________ (Norse explorers and warriors) wore horned helmets whenever they went into battle. | |
| English King ________ suffered from a birth defect that made him a hunchback. | |
| When ________ put on a radio production of H.G. Wells’ ''_________'', a nationwide panic ensued--a huge number of citizens believing an actual Martian invasion was taking place. | |
| The ________, a vertical chamber interiorly lined with spikes, was used in medieval times as a torture device. | |
| Benjamin Franklin personally investigated his theories of electricity by flying a _______ and waiting for it to be struck by _______. | |
| Mad Emperor _______ promoted Incitatus, his favorite _______, to Consul of Rome, one of the highest offices in the Roman Empire. | |
| The Empress of Russia known as _________ died while attempting to _______ with her horse. | |
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