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Described as up to 15' tall & a likely nightmare at the local shoe store, this legend is basically North America's Yeti
Bigfoot
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The 88 of these star groupings is a set number--new stars discovered are just added to the closest ones
constellations
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"Something Just Like This" teamed Coldplay & this EDM duo whose name sounds like a very bad habit
The Chainsmokers
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These quantities often represented by x & y are constantly changing, but Al can't live without 'em
variables
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Da Nang,
Da Lat
Vietnam
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Seism is an old-timey word for this geological event
an earthquake
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Would you trust your dad to shoot an apple off your head using a bow & arrow? The son of this 14th century Swiss man had to
William Tell
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An aphelion is the point in an orbit when an object is farthest from this
the Sun
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Here's this singer & pal Keith Richards when they were barely out of their teens
Mick Jagger
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ax2 + bx + c = 0 is the general form of this type of equation
the quadratic equation
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Lugano, Lausanne
Switzerland
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This word starting with "re" also means "revolution" & it's one letter shorter
rebellion
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Head to Coventry & see the pageant that retraces the path that she took through town; unlike her, you can wear clothes
Lady Godiva
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This planet has at least 13 moons, including Naiad, Nereid & Proteus
Neptune
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"Walk It Talk It" did both for this hip-hop trio from Atlanta
Migos
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Al knows that this word for the 3 in 83 can also mean a person who advocates an idea
an exponent
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Lagos,
Lafia
Nigeria
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This synonym for a news reporter & a person who keeps a diary comes to us partly from the French
a journalist
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You'd find this 7-foot misnamed man in Sherwood Forest
Little John
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On Sept. 20, 2016 an amateur astronomer got pictures of the first hour of one of these massive star explosions
Supernova
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This singer with '80s hits like "Dress You Up" brought in Diplo & Chance the Rapper for her album "Rebel Heart"
Madonna
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Al loves to play with these expressions from a word for "many", like 3x3 + 7y2 - 4z
polynomials
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Beersheba,
Bat Yam
Israel
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Instead of "global", you can use this more cosmic word for something that applies everywhere
universal
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This end-of-the-alphabet vigilante of 19th century Calif. used 3 quick sword strokes to carve his favorite letter into his foes
Zorro
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This measure of distance in the universe is equal to 3.26 light years
a parsec
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Known for tunes like "Don't Happen Twice", this country singer hit the album sales chart with "Live in No Shoes Nation"
Kenny Chesney
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Al knows he can make many a tough expression easier to work with by "completing" this
the square
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Aarhus,
Aalborg
Denmark
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This is a synonym for a great circle of longitude on the Earth, especially when it is "prime"
a meridian