American History
This man signed the Declaration of Independence in large print to mock King George's bad eyesight.
John Hancock
The last of the wholly mammoths lived in Russia while these mammoth structures were being built in Egypt.
Egypt
He would eventually assemble the Avengers as the director of SHIELD, potential that MAD Magazine saw in him even in the mid 1990's. (Ha sight puns).
Samuel L. Jackson
Dallas asked the question "Who Shot J.R?" It was this woman.
Kristin Shepard
This Missouri town is both a Tree City and one of the best places to live in America according to Money Magazine
Ellisville, MO.
German immigrants were responsible for this all-American clothing.
Blue jeans
The Han Dynasty, or the Chinese Golden Age, ended due to constant warfare with these people (they did inspire a great song in a Disney movie though).
The Huns
This movie dethroned Star Wars as the biggest domestic money maker ever in 1997. George Lucas sent the movie's director a humorous postcard congratulating him.
Titanic
The Simpsons asked the question "Who shot Mr. Burns?" It was revealed to be this woman.
Maggie Simpson
He is the only president to be born in the state of Missouri.
Harry Truman
The phrase "I heard it through the grapevine" comes from the Civil War and the use of this messy wired technology to communicate.
Telegraphs
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael were both Renaissance masters of art and the names of these heroes-in-a-half-shell.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Alfred Hitchcock went to great lengths to keep this movies ending a secret- even buying every copy of its source novel to keep people from reading it.
Psycho
They infamously once played so loud they blew up an amp on American Bandstand.
The Who
Missouri joined the Union in 1821. It joined with this other state.
Maine
The Statue of Liberty stands alone in New York City, but originally she had a twin in this country.
Egypt
The Ming oversaw the another Chinese Golden Age, and they sought to protect it with this massive building project.
The Great Wall
The first movie to use color in any capacity was used by Cecil B DeMille to portray this man
Jesus Christ in The King of Kings
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was the longest running live action sitcom ever- until it was overtaken by this show about a deplorable Gang in the City of Brotherly Love.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
He was the longest serving mayor of Ellisville, Missouri.
Ed O'Reilly
The last thing this general said to troops before an invasion on June 6th, 1944 was "Go get 'em Michigan." (He was a big football fan).
Eisenhower
This 20th century revolutionary Marxist leader actually spoke English... albeit with a thick Irish accent thanks to his Celtic teacher.
Vladimir Lenin
He was the first director to say "Lights, Camera, ACTION!"
D.W. Griffith
This character was almost erased from history as advertisers thought he looked Satanic- minds were changed when it was found teenaged girls loved him. Fascinating.
Spock
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