American History
In November of 1936, the government set out to assign these unique nine-digit numbers to some 26 million U.S. workers,
Social Security number The first Social Security number was issued on the first of December to 23 year old John David Sweeney Jr
In the US Constitution, one of the spelling errors committed by Alexander Hamilton, he misspelled the state next to Benjamin Franklins name
Pennsylvania, Hamilton had a single "n"
donor
Used as early as 236 B.C., the 1st successful electric one was developed by the Otis Bros. in 1889
elevator the Roman architect Vitruvius, reported that Archimedes (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) built his first elevator probably in 236 BC
Herbs anise & fennel resemble the flavor of this common black candy
licorice
This 1803 acquisition doubled the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars,
The 5th amendment guards against both self-incrimination & this segment of our show
Double Jeopardy
Around for 400 million yrs., there are now more than 2,000 species of these pesty cricket cousins
cockroaches
Begun by Appius Claudius as a public work in 312 B.C., it's one of the roads that lead to Rome
The Appian Way strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy.
From the Romanian word for "to preserve", it's served hot with mustard on rye
pastrami
Though he said he found dueling abhorrent, he participated in one in 1804
Alexander Hamilton The Burr–Hamilton duel was fought at Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, on the morning of July 11, 1804. Burr fatally shot Hamilton.
Matrimony by agreement of both parties, without a civil or religious ceremony
common law marriage
You might consider this as a pet if you wanted to keep cockroach population down.
leopard geckos, bearded dragons, monitor lizards, iguanas and even panther chameleons
Type of well named for the French region of Artois where one was 1st drilled in 1126
Artesian well province of Artois in France, where many artesian wells were drilled by Carthusian monks
When it was first introduced into England from France, it was called "butterine"
margarine
In 1912, it became 48th & last contiguous state to join The Union
Arizona
The 14th amendment protects against being deprived "of life, liberty, or property, without" this
due process of law
Intact DNA was recently extracted from one of these ancient wrapped human cadavers
mummy In the 1980's a Swedish Biologist claimed to have extracted DNA from 23 mummies, but his work fell under heavy criticism. Advances in DNA sequencing technology in 2017 and German scientists were indeed able to extract mummy DNA from more than 150 mummies.
A 1984 survey found an additional 2,500 miles to this man made barrier, now totaling 6,200 miles long
the Great Wall of China
Named for an American doctor who recommended meat as cure-all, it's a hamburger without a bun
Salisbury Steak
James Henry Salisbury, M.D. (1823 – 1905) was a 19th-century American physician, and the inventor of the Salisbury steak. Salisbury served as a physician during the American Civil War.
This Indian tribe walked hundreds of miles from their homeland in what is now upstate New York to relieve the famine at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. They carried hundreds of bushels of white corn on their backs and, once in George Washington’s encampment, they taught the revolutionaries how to prepare it so it was edible, and thus saved the starving army.
Oneida Perhaps most ignobly, Washington himself seems to have forgotten his allies: immediately after the war he burned and destroyed dozens of Iroquois villages in upstate New York to make way for settlement and in indiscriminate retribution for the help some tribes gave the British.
Not a pardon, which lifts punishment, it differs by barring prosecution
amnesty
Tracking these, coast guard rates them as bergy bits, growlers, small, medium, & large
icebergs
This 15th century artist built fortresses, bridges, harbors, & locks
Leonardo da Vinci
Not a fabric but a cake that's a cross between an angel and a sponge
chiffon