HOW VICTORIAN
THE WORLD'S FIRST POSTAGE STAMP, CALLED THIS, IS RELEASED IN BRITAIN, 1840. IT FEATURED THE PROFILE OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND COST ONLY A PENNY.
THE PENNY BLACK
THIS NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC TERM DESCRIBES HOW OTHERS APPEAR MORE ATTRACTIVE WHEN YOU'RE INTOXICATED, AS THE BRAIN CAN LOSE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE FACIAL ASYMMETRY
BEER GOGGLES
1973: "A WHEATIES SLOGAN"
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
3 MUSKETEERS
THE TITLE OF THIS JAMES BOND NOVEL WAS INSPIRED BY A DE BEERS ADVERTISING TAGLINE
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
BARE LEGS, ANKLES AND FEET WERE FEARED TO BE TOO PROVOCATIVE, SO VICTORIANS COVERED UP EVERYTHING... EVEN THE GAMS ON THEIR _____ WERE SEEN AS TOO SEXY.
FURNITURE
OENOPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF THIS
WINE OR WINE BOTTLES
1850: "MAGICIAN WHOSE 2019 NET WORTH WAS PEGGED AT 875 MILLION"
DAVID COPPERFIELD
AN ARTICLE CALLED THE CHICAGO BEARS OF 1938 THIS KIND OF TEAM, SINCE THEY "SET A SEASON'S RECORD OF 56 FUMBLES"
BUTTERFINGERS
FLEMING WENT DIVING WITH THIS FRENCHMEN IN 1953 AND MENTIONED HIM IN LIVE AND LET DIE
JACQUES COUSTEAU
IN 1845, THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE CAUSED BY THIS, LED TO 1 MILLION DEATHS AND THE EMIGRATION OF 1-2 MILLION PEOPLE.
WIDESPREAD MOULD INFESTATION
IN THIS COUNTRY, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF TREATING ALCOHOLISM. A CAPSULE IS INSERTED UNDER THE SKIN THAT CAUSES SEVERE REACTION WHEN ALCOHOL IS INGESTED. THE SIDE-EFFECTS CAN ONLY BE COMPARED TO THAT OF HEROIN WITHDRAWAL
RUSSIA
1957: "A FELINE SPORTING A BOWLER", IT'S CUTE EITHER WAY.
THE CAT IN THE HAT
THIS CLUB OF WHIG LEADERS IN LONDON ALSO SOUNDS LIKE A CHOCOLATE WAFER BAR
KIT KAT
THIS BOND NOVEL WAS ONCE TITLED "THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD"
GOLDFINGER
QUEEN VICTORIA CONTROVERSIALLY USES THIS AS AN ANAESTHETIC DURING THE BIRTH OF HER 8TH CHILD LEOPOLD - QUICKLY POPULARIZING MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT IN ANAESTHESIA
CHLOROFORM
IF YOU FEEL DRUNK FOR NO APPARENT REASON, YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS CONDITION IN WHICH ETHANOL IS PRODUCED THROUGH ENDOGENOUS FERMENTATION BY BACTERIA OR FUNGI IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM, ORAL CAVITY OR URINARY SYSTEM
AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME
1967: "A CENTURY OF CHILLING SOLO"
100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE
IT'S WHEN YOU GET YOUR PEANUTS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK
PAY DAY
THE SPEKTOR DEVICE IN FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE IS BASED ON THIS GERMAN MACHINE THAT FLEMING TRIED TO STEAL CODES FROM IN WW2
ENIGMA MACHINE
WE KNOW JACK THE RIPPER KILLED AT LEAST THIS MANY WOMEN DURING AUGUST - NOVEMBER 1888. TODAY, THEIR MURDER SITES ARE A LOCUS OF A MACABRE TOURIST INDUSTRY IN LONDON'S EAST END.
FIVE
TAKE A GUESS AS TO WHAT CENOSILLICAPHOBIA MEANS.
FEAR OF AN EMPTY GLASS
1992: "ACTOR JEFF OR BEAU, LIVING IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA"
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
NASA CALLED THE ACTIVITY OF THIS TYPE OF GALAXY, REMINISCENT OF THE END OF A PYROTECHNICS SHOW
STARBURST
A FAN LETTER CALLING THE BERETTA A "LADY'S GUN", PROMPTED FLEMING TO SWITCH BOND'S GUN TO THIS GERMAN TYPE
WALTHER PPK