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This lighter-colored chocolate is often found in candy bars.

What is milk chocolate? It contains more milk solids and milk fats than dark chocolate, and it’s sweeter than dark chocolate.

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When nighttime temperatures drop below freezing, do this to your faucets.

What is dripping the water? The operative word is drip; you do not need a steady stream of water.

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The biggest living land mammal on Earth
What is the African elephant
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The money you pay for insurance

 What is a premium? It’s derived from a Latin word meaning “reward” or “prize.”

When you cash in on homeowners’ or auto insurance, it can feel like a prize rather than paying out of pocket.

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The American Virgin Islands are St. Thomas, St. Croix, and this.

What is St. John? St. Croix is the largest of the three islands. If you are focused solely on outdoor activities and nature, St. John is the Virgin Island for you.

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This candy bar company shares its name with a planet.

What is Mars? The company produces Milky Way bars. Mars also sells Galaxy bars in the UK

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If you don’t clean your dryer vent, you risk this.

What is fire? In addition to cleaning your lint filter after each use, professionals recommend annual dryer maintenance, which includes cleaning the dryer vent

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Men who have two wives are 

What are bigamists 

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Payment to support an ex-spouse

What is alimony? Unlike child support, which is typically granted, alimony is not always granted, even if the ex-spouse makes little or no money

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The majority of the world’s coral reefs and islands are found in this ocean.

What is the Pacific? Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems, and the majority are found in Pacific waters. Locals and tourists dive to see this exquisite environment

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This chocolate cake is named for a man with the same last name as a European country

What is German chocolate cake? German chocolate cake was named after Samuel German, an American baker who created a special type of dark baking chocolate in 1852. German chocolate cake is layered and topped with coconut pecan frosting

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Electrical panels used these before they had circuit breakers

What are fuses? Fuses had to be replaced; you only have to flip the circuit breaker.

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The biggest (heaviest and longest) wall in the world

What is the Great Wall of China
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 The only one of the seven deadly sins dealing with money

What is greed? According to Britannica, “Greed is defined as the immoderate love or desire for riches and earthly possessions.”

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This is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea.

What is Cuba? Americans can visit Cuba, but they cannot go there as traditional tourists. An American must fit into one of 12 categories to visit the island nation, such as professional journalists or those holding a “Support for the Cuban People” license.

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 This chocolate company opened a theme park in Pennsylvania.

What is Hershey? Hershey Park (now known as Hersheypark) opened in 1906 so that Hershey employees and their families would have a place to relax, boat, and picnic.Today, it’s a full-fledged theme park open to the public.

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This is the three-letter word for a Grecian jar, often shaped like a vase.

What is an urn? Urns date to antiquity, and you can buy copies of ancient urns.

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The biggest commercial aircraft

What is Airbus A380

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Payment to release kidnap victims

What is ransom? During the 1970s, ransoms peaked in the millions of dollars. The highest ransom on record is $134 million, paid for the release of a Hong Kong businessman’s son

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These American Islands are almost entirely volcanic

What are Hawaiian? Active volcanoes include Kilauea and Mauna Loa.

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This essential small or built-in appliance was initially marketed as the Radarange and has a history entwined with a chocolate bar

What is a microwave? A Raytheon engineer who worked around radar equipment noticed that his chocolate bar had melted in his pocket. He went on to invent the microwave by discovering that radar emitted microwaves that could heat food. The first microwaves were around six feet tall, weighed 750 pounds, and were marketed to restaurants and labs

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This bathtub is named for its appendages.

 What is a clawfoot? This Victorian-era tub design dates to 1700 Dutch furniture design.

The tub became popular in the 1850s and is still in use today, more for its design features rather than for its functionality. Today’s bathtubs often include showers and/or whirlpool jets.

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The bigger between a solar system and a galaxy

What is a galaxy? Our solar system consists of the sun and the planets, moons, and smaller bodies that surround it. Our galaxy is the Milky Way, which consists of 200 to 400 billion stars.

Billions of galaxies comprise the universe.

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 Excessive interest charges

What is usury? There is no federal limit on the interest rates that credit card companies can charge, but they must communicate their interest rates to cardholders and card applicants.

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This city built three man-made islands in the shape of a palm tree.

What is Dubai? The Palm Islands were built to expand the city’s coastline and host luxury resorts, residences, and entertainment venues.