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This is the traditional mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour cooked together to thicken soups and sauces.
What is a roux? A classic French culinary base made by cooking equal parts flour and fat together. It serves as a primary thickening agent for soups, stews, and gravies.
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This iconic portable music device skyrocketed into a massive cultural phenomenon throughout the 1980s.
What is the Walkman? The device remained heavily used into the 1990s as Sony updated the lineup with CD (Discman/CD Walkman)
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General Mills introduced these distinct corn snacks in the mid-1960s. They were as popular for their salty crunch as they were for being used as "witch's claws" on kids' fingers.
What are Bugles?
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Founder of the Missionaries of Charity, she said "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."
Who was Mother Teresa? Also called Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
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Bumbling and nervous, better known as the striking looking droid was never seen far from his bleeping little sidekick.
Who is C-3PO? Anthony Daniels holds a special place in our hearts as the hapless Threepio. He appears in a brief on screen cameo during "Episode II: Clone Wars" as Lt. Faytonni.
Originally Daniels declined the role of Threepio as he believed robots were just talking boxes on legs. Oh how wrong he was.
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Instead of baking powder or soda, this whipped ingredient provides the lift for an Angel Food Cake.
What are egg whites? Angel food cake is a fat-free, cloud-like sponge cake that relies entirely on whipped egg whites for leavening.
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These thick paper cards stored data and computer programs as patterns of rectangular holes.
What are IBM punch cards? They served as the primary physical input medium for mainframe computers until being replaced by magnetic tape and digital terminals in the 1980s.
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These gelatin creations were mixed with everything from shredded carrots and cabbage to marshmallows and cottage cheese.
What are Jell-O Salads?
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He said “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” His life and work was a reflection of this quote.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
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In the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" this is the US city where the alien spaceship landed.
What is Washington D.C.? When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still.
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This common nut and herb is used to make traditional green pesto sauce?
What are pine nuts and basil? Traditional pesto is a blend of fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, extra-virgin olive oil, and Parmesan cheese.
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A pop-culture icon of vintage infomercials in the 1960s, this manual food preparation gadget famously coined the phrase, "It slices! It dices! It makes julienne fries!"
What is the Veg-O-Matic? A famous 1960s manually operated food slicer and dicer. Invented by Samuel Popeil and heavily marketed by his son Ron Popeil, it is known for the "As Seen on TV" catchphrase, "It slices! It dices!" You place vegetables inside and push a handle down to quickly chop them.
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This honey-flavored taffy with almonds is sold as individually wrapped, bite-sized candies, available in bags or theater-size boxes.
What is Bit-O-Honey? introduced in 1924 by the Schutter-Johnson Company of Chicago. It is currently owned by the Bryan, Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company.
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He said, "Not all those who wander are lost." Famously known for his writing of high fantasy works.
Who is J.R.R Tolkien? Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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This performer from "Cannonball Run" fought off a murdering, lovesick robot in "Saturn 3"?
Who is Farrah Fawcett? Adam (Kirk Douglas) and Alex (Farrah Fawcett) lived peacefully on Titan, Saturn's third moon, until Benson (Harvey Keitel) showed up with his robot, Hector, which fell in love with Alex and became violent.
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In pastry making, this term describes baking a pie crust before adding the filling?
What is blind baking? Blind baking prevents raw, soggy bottoms in custard and fruit pies, and acts as the only baking required for no-bake pies (like cream or ice cream pies)
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Colorful and recognizable vintage cookware brands are reselling for top dollar. Collectors are aggressively hunting down this patterned brand of glassware.
What is Pyrex? Produced between 1915 and the 1980s, is prized for its durability and retro designs. You can easily spot vintage pieces by the uppercase "PYREX" stamp, as opposed to modern lowercase "pyrex". Highly collectible sets can command anywhere from $50 to $10,000, depending on condition and pattern rarity.
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The television-commercial jingle called this popular snack "the magic treat — as much fun to make as it is to eat." It is still sold today.
What is Jiffy Pop?
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." Famously quoted by one who was great on the ice for 20 seasons.
Who is Wayne Gretzky? Gretzky played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Edmonton Oilers, LA Kings, St. Louis Blues, NY Rangers.
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This was the name of the first Captain who starred in the Pilot of Star Trek, later replaced by Captain Kirk.
Who is Christopher Pike? Christopher Pike is a fictional character in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. He is the immediate predecessor to James T. Kirk as captain of the starship USS Enterprise.
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A jalapeno pepper is often know for it's heat in cooking, but this pepper is actually the hottest pepper in the world.
What is a Carolina reaper? The Carolina Reaper is an aggressively spicy chili pepper cultivated by American breeder Ed Currie. Holding the Guinness World Record for the world's hottest pepper from 2013 to 2023, it averages 1.6 to 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU) and has a distinctly sweet, fruity flavor profile.
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Cover dated June 1938, this is the most valuable comic book in the world and officially marks the debut of the superhero genre.
What is Action Comics #1? Published by DC Comics' predecessor, National Allied Publications, it features the very first appearance and origin story of Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
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This chocolate malt powder is mixed with hot or cold milk as a beverage, originally sold in a distinctive orange can.
What is Ovaltine?
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She is know for her famous speech at the 2021 presidential inauguration including the quote, "There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."
Who is Amanda Gorman? Amanda S. C. Gorman is an activist, model, and bestselling author who uses her poetry to address social justice issues and themes of race, oppression, and marginalization. The first National Youth Poet Laureate. She is now 28 years old.
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He directed "Close Encounters of the Third Kind', an extraordinary tale of unearthly visitors and the unusual effects they have on ordinary earthlings. Not the only movie he directed about an alien.
Who is Steven Spielberg? Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.