Egg-sactly!
An egg fried on both sides is flippantly described as this
Over easy
John Hancock Tower
Boston
The "rex" in this dinosaur's name is Latin for "king", so you could say it's the "King of the Dinosaurs"
Tyrannosaurus rex
Kombu, a flavorful type of this marine algae, is savored in Japan
Seaweed
Between 1282 & 1287 this Venetian served as governor of Yangchow, China
Marco Polo
It describes a Scotch egg or a tough detective
Hard-Boiled
Westin Peachtree Plaza
Atlanta
This physiologist discovered that the vagus nerve controls the flow of digestive juices
Ivan Pavlov
Tennessee Williams could have told you this lizard is a taste treat in Mexico; it's even found in tamales
The iguana
In 1521, 8 years after claiming Florida for Spain, he was wounded by an arrow & died in Cuba
Ponce de León
To hatch, or to shed one's shyness
Break out of one's shell
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New York City
In 1851 this "swinger" used a pendulum to show that the Earth rotates on its axis
Jean Foucault
This "orange" fish, a favorite in New Zealand, might be less popular if known by its other name: slimehead
Roughy
On his fourth voyage to the New World, 1502-1504, he reached Panama but did not cross the Isthmus
Christopher Columbus
What's known as the prairie one of these is actually a raw egg with condiments
A prairie oyster
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Pittsburgh
On June 22, 1978 James W. Christy discovered Charon, a moon orbiting this distant planet
Pluto
Moroccan markets sell Hamed M' Rakad, which are these sour fruits pickled in salt & their own juice
Lemons
In 1725 Peter the Great commissioned this Dane to explore the Pacific coast of Siberia
Vitus Bering
One isn't used to mend a holy cow but a holey sock
Darning egg
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Minneapolis
Hydrogen has 3 isotopes: protium, tritium & this one with a mass number of 2
Deuterium
It's not a real "duck"; it's a bummalo fish impregnated with a safetida plant resin & served with curry
Bombay duck
In 1604 this "Father of New France" founded the Acadia colony at the mouth of Canada's St. Croix River
Samuel de Champlain