Time For Some Drugs
Carbonate of this element is the active ingredient in Tums, which can be used to treat a deficiency of it
Calcium
Reaching into the past, Taylor makes a nod to this prolific writer with the line “All’s well that ends well to end up with you”
SHAKESPEARE
Besides killing game, this goddess also protected it; thus she was also called the Mistress of Animals
Artemis
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum & The Copernicus Science Center
Warsaw
It was Daniel Fahrenheit who invented the thermometer that employs this element- Hg.
Mercury
The Beatles call it quits, the Apollo 13 crew makes it safely back to earth
Drugs like Claritin work by reducing the amount of this natural chemical in the body
Histamine
A sordid tale of a secret relationship, “illicit affairs” on the folklore album takes the “road less traveled by” in a reference to this famous American poet
ROBERT FROST
Main centers of worship for this goddess of fertility were Paphos & Amathus on Cyprus & the island of Cythera
Aphrodite
The Silver Pagoda & the memorial stupa to thousands of victims at the former Tuol Sleng Prison
Phnom Penh
Right before gold, is this other previous metal- which should bring to mind a shade of blonde hair
Platinum
Jeff Probst welcomes the first tribes on "Survivor", Metallica sues Napster.
2000
Before Penicillin, bacterial infections were treated with these five-letter drugs that are still used for eye infections and acne
Sulfa drugs
“I hope she’ll be a beautiful fool” Taylor sings in the evermore deep cut “happiness”, paying homage to this Great american novel
THE GREAT GATSBY
This goddess of wisdom is said to have been born directly from Zeus' forehead, fully grown & wearing body armor
Athena!
Noryangjin Fish Market, and Samsung's Leeum Museum of Art
Seoul
Going in order on the periodic table, Uranium and Neptunium are followed by this element named for a dwarf planet.
Plutonium
The U.S. hockey team wins Olympic Gold, Lin-Manuel Miranda is born.
1980
Epinephrine
Fan favorite “getaway car” off of Taylor’s reputation album, references this famous novel with the opening line “It was the best of times, the worst of crimes”
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Trivia Question: What are the four states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
St. Michael's Orthodox Cathedral & Marshal Tito's Mausoleum
Belgrave
It may seem bananas but the letter K is the symbol for this element- whose name actually begins with another letter.
Potassium
Babe Ruth goes to the Yankees, the 19th amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote!
1920
The tranquilizer Diazepam began being sold under this name in 1963; a few years later, it was "Mother's Little Helper".
Valium
Taylor repeats the phrase “So it goes…” in a criminally underrated reputation track, hinting to a similar repetition of the phrase in this author's account of the fire-bombing of Dresden
KURT VONNEGUT
When her stepson Hippolytus spurned her affections, this daughter of King Minos hanged herself
Phaedra
Atalanta lost a footrace to her future husband when he dropped 3 of this golden fruit on the track to distract her
Bogota
Among the elements named for people is Röentgenium, in honor of Wilhelm Röntgen who discovered these imaging rays
X-Rays
Nat King Cole hits No.1 with "Mona Lisa", NATO turns one year old.
1950