Christmassy Things
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This word for a bad dream once also meant a monster that makes you feel suffocated while you sleep
nightmare
Lucy Hayes, from 1877 to 1881
First Lady
He was 26 in 1905, his "miracle year" in which he published 4 papers altering the course of modern physics
Einstein
Age mentioned in the 26th amendment
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What Frosty the Snowman did immediately after the magic hat was placed on his head
He began to dance around
It can contain billions of stars & takes its name from the Greek for "milk"
galaxy
Anthony Rizzo for the Cubs World Series team in 2016
first baseman
This Italian who gave us the law of falling bodies was put on trial in 1633 for supporting the heliocentric model of the universe
Galileo
Number of nights in a fortnight
14
The place where there "did arise such a clatter"
the lawn
They say you'll never see a U-Haul behind this coffin-bearing vehicle, from Old French for a frame to carry candles
hearse
Fire, police or medical personnel; whoever's earliest on the scene to assist in an emergency
First responder
Some students (though not Ryan) are very unhappy with Gottfried Leibniz for co-inventing this branch of math, both integral & differential
calculus
The first point of a tennis game
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This beverage is also known as milk punch
eggnog
Those listening to this squeezable instrument may be surprised to know the word is from the French for "harmony
accordion
Your relationship to your mother's brother's daughter
first cousin
She is still the only woman to win Nobel prizes in two different fields, which she did back in 1903 & 1911
Marie Curie
The largest palindromic prime number in Roman numerals - XIX.
The two reindeer pulling Santa's sleight with the German names for thunder and lightning.
Donner and Blitzen
A statistical term or a synonym for ordinary, this adjective may have come from Arabic for "damaged goods"
average
This Bible book contains the line "So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David"
First Kings
The painter who also conceptually invented the helicopter, armored car, and parachute.
Leonardo da Vinci
In Italy, it's considered unlucky; fear of it is sometimes called heptadekaphobia
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