A diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of hard rock or heavy metal bands.
A building which is constructed to irritate neighbors. ________ often serve as obstructions, blocking out light or access to neighboring buildings.
A commonly used chemical that can be deadly to all forms of plant and animal life, contributing to global warming, erosion, acid rain, and countless other maladies.
Grease removed from the surface of the human nose.
A rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise.
An attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object that their awareness of hazards or obstacles diminishes.
A collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a human-made vehicle, especially aircraft.
A common term for bovine traumatic reticuloperitonitis. It is usually caused by the ingestion of a sharp, metallic object.
A hypothesis in the field of aesthetics which holds that when features look and move almost like natural beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some observers.
A cancelled Microsoft project to develop a Wi-Fi Internet-enabled portable toilet.
A term used by knitters to describe the belief that if a knitter gives a hand-knit sweater to a significant other, it will lead to the recipient breaking up with the knitter.
A bright yellow sculpture located in Liverpool, England, which represents a cross between a banana and a lamb.
A fictional corporation that features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons as a running gag featuring outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically.
A stock sound effect that is used frequently in Walt Disney cartoons and films.
A theory which states that Christopher Marlowe's unnatural death was a hoax and that he continued to write and publish under the pseudonym 'William Shakespeare'.
The belief that a 'ninth symphony' is destined to be a composer's last; i.e. that the composer will be 'fated' to die after writing it, or before completing a 'tenth'.
A catchy piece of music that continually repeats through a person's mind after it is no longer playing.
A mockumentary that claimed that the 1958 World Cup was never actually held. Despite being revealed as a hoax at the end, people still believed it.
A Chinese dish which involves preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg for several weeks to several months before eating.
A game that involves placing an increasing number of marshmallows or similar items into one's own mouth and stating a phrase that is difficult to say clearly with a filled mouth.
A take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves only ethnic foods from states with which the United States is in conflict.
An extreme sport and a performance art in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.
The act of gardening on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to utilize, such as an abandoned site, an area that is not being cared for, or private property.
An English folk custom in which a raucous punishment is dramatically enacted to humiliate one or more people who have violated standards upheld within the community.
The reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamations that Jesus Christ would return to the earth in 1844.
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