This Day in History
On this Day in 1962, this book by Rachel Carson was published becoming one of the most-influential books in the modern environmental movement
Silent Spring
A flying mammal's trusty sombrero
Bat hat
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
To aimlessly wander, or Italy's capital city
Roam/Rome
In platypuses these milk-producing glands are functional in both males & females
On this day in 2024, this hurricane made landfall bring tremendous amounts of rain to western North Carolina and Tennessee.
Hurricane Helene
A 10 cent citrus
Dime lime
Smooth crooner know for his christmas songs and that he just hasn't met you yet
Buble
A whole seed grain of corn, or a military rank
Kernel/colonel
Goiter can be characterized by the enlargement of this gland or of 1 of its 2 lobes
Thyroid
On this day in 1984, this Canadian singer songwriter was born. Most famous for this song....
Avril Lavigne
A cruel monarch
Mean queen
“I’m an early bird and I’m a night owl so I’m wise and I have worms.”
Michael Scott
Expected at a certain time, like a library book, or moisture condensed from the air
Due/dew
This insulin-producing gland usually weighs about 3 ounces
Pancreas
On this day in 1822, the world learned what this big stone slab said. It was an important clue that helped experts learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs
Rosetta stone
A single scottish pastry
Lone Scone
Star of the Back to the Future franchise and also Teen wolf
Michael J. Fox
Percussion instruments that clang, or things that represent other things
Symbal/symbol
An accessory gland of the male reproductive system about the size of a walnut that sits below the bladder.
Prostate
Born on this day, this political cartoonist was a sharp critic of the Tammany Hall Democratic Party political machine
Thomas Nast
A lemon lime soda that has become overused and boring; not fresh or original
Trite sprite
Awkward skinny guy best known for his roles in arrested development and scott pilgrim
Michael Cera
To modify, or a place where sacrifices are performed
Alter/altar
Collectively, the submaxillary, sublingual & parotid glands are called these
Salivary glands