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What is fading?
When drying clothes on the line, it's best to position the clothes in the shade to avoid this.
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What is Alka-Seltzer?
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is."
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What are earbuds?
Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, wrote about "little seashells" and "thimble radios." Little did he know that everyone with a smartphone would listen to music with these.
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What is Sunday? Never on Sunday was the first foreign movie to win an Oscar for Best Song.
Melina Mercouri sang the Greek version of the song "Never on [this day]" in the movie by the same name.
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What is the Berlin Wall? In the years leading up to the wall's demolition, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
On November 9, 1989, this barrier wall officially opened; the next day workers began to "tear down this wall."
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What is static cling?
To avoid this (especially in the winter) without using fabric softener, remove clothes from the dryer before they're bone dry.
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What is BMW? Some owners say BMW stands for "bring money or walk" when you take the car to the shop.
"The ultimate driving machine."
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What is the iPad?
Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, wrote about a device called a "newspad." Little did he know that Apple would come out with this mobile computer.
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Who are the Mamas and Papas?
This band sang the hit "Monday, Monday."
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What is Pearl Harbor? The assault began with one Japanese dive-bomber followed by 360 Japanese warplanes. According to the History Channel, "With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisors knew that an imminent Japanese attack was probable, but nothing had been done to increase security at the important naval base at Pearl Harbor."
On December 7, 1941, this bombing of a naval base in Hawaii brought the United States into World War II.
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What is fabric softener?
You can roll a piece of aluminum foil into a ball and toss it in the dryer as a substitute for this.
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What is Bounty?
"The quicker picker upper."
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Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This Italian artist, who painted the Mona Lisa, drew over 500 sketches of "flying machines" centuries before the airplane became a reality.
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What is Days of Our Lives?
One of the two remaining daytime soap operas, this one is set in the fictional town of Salem. It has featured Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) and Doug (Bill Hayes) throughout its run, and it starred McDonald Carey from its debut until his death.
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What is the stock market crash? Also known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression that engulfed the entire industrialized world.
This event on October 29. 1929, brought the United States to its knees.
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What is shake them out?
If you want to spend less time ironing, do this before placing clothes into the dryer.
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What is Brylcreem? You can still buy it, and the tagline is the same.
"A little dab'll do ya."
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What is The Jetsons?
This popular 1960s TV carton foresaw many advances that have become reality, such as robots, trips to the moon, and the video chats.
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What is Friday?
This is the first alphabetical day of the week in English.
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What is D-Day?
June 6, 1944, the invasion of Normandy, is known as this day.
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What is cornstarch?
If you run out of spray starch, you can borrow this common thickening ingredient from your pantry to make homemade starch.
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What is Citibank?
"The Citi never sleeps."
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What is the flat-screen TV? In his novel, the telescreen watched its owners and their family and friends.
George Orwell wrote about the telescreen in his novel 1984, and today these electronics are found in nearly every home in North America.
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What is Saturday Night Fever?
John Travolta starred in this 1977 film about the life of a discodance contestant.
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What is Winston Churchill?
On the evening of May 10, 1940, this man succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Britain's prime minister.
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