Stars and Galaxies
The Grand Jeff Goldblum Retrospective
Potent Poisons
LEGO Loaded!
Videogame Potpourri
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Our home galaxy, which resembles a rotating pinwheel, is this type of galaxy.

Pinwheel Galaxy

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This David Cronenberg horror film saw Goldblum's character, scientist Seth Brundle, slowly mutate into a grotesque insect hybrid.

The Fly

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This was the object used to put Snow White into a coma by the Evil Queen

Poison Apple

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As part of it's greener initiatives, LEGO promised to get rid of the plastic packaging and switch to this alternative

Paper

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Published by Sony for the PlayStation 3, this game revolves around the player's control of a small character, known as a "Sackboy", in a variety of platforming levels

Littlebigplanet

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Take it in your heart now, lover! is a gorillaz line that references this Galaxy that is not too far from our own, only 2.537 million light years or so.

Andromeda Galaxy

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The full names of these two comedians that are frequently collaborating with Jeff Goldblum on their adult swim shows, like this clip from "Tim and Eric's awesome show, great job!"



Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim

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Derived form the castor bean, this is one of the most poisonous plant based toxins in the world and was featured in Breaking Bad in a horrible way.

Ricin

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Introduced in 1978, this type of character featured movable arms and a simple, printed face.

Minifigure

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This game engine developed by Epic Games, first showcased in 1998, has been used in a variety of genres of 3D games and has seen adoption by other industries. It is currently in it's fifth iteration

Unreal Engine

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A theoretical warp spot in space that may or may not exist, originally theorized by Albert Einstein and popularized in various pieces of pop culture, including Interstellar.

Worm hole

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His character, satellite expert David Levinson, helps save the planet from aliens in this 1996 action film.

Independence Day

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The leaves of this plant, also known as water hemlock, contain a potent neurotoxin that can cause violent seizures. It can be fatal.

Poison Hemlock

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This is the "cheat" in LEGO videogames. They can only be collected in freeplay most of the time. Some cheats include 2, 4, 6, 8x the studs you get, character token detector, and a gold brick finder.

Red Bricks

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The name of these types of videogame consoles named for their simplicity to turn on and get started instantly


Plug n Plays

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This is the name given to the "failed stars" that are not massive enough to begin nuclear fusion or become "red dwarfs"

Brown Dwarfs

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Jeff Goldblum played Alistair Hennessey, the rival oceanographer to Bill Murray's titular character in this film

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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Found in many species of pufferfish, this powerful toxin is 1,200 times more lethal than cyanide, and it takes a skilled chef to remove the sac where it's stored if you want to eat it... I'll stick to fish N chips!

Tetrodotoxin

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The LEGO Group is one of the world's largest manufacturers of this specific and surprising product, using real rubber in every one.

Tires

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This 1989 classic has players controlling an unnamed protagonist who must venture through a series of dungeons to defeat the Grand Vizier Jaffar and save an imprisoned princess, which would spawn multiple sequels of different genre types, but with movement always being a focus

Prince Of Persia

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A massive release of plasma from the sun's magnetic fields is known as one of these. If it happens to us and we are not prepared, goodbye internet!

Coronal Mass Injection

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Seen here sniffing dogs, he played the role of a vet and the dad of the human protagonist in this film



Cats and Dogs

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Found primarily in antifreeze, ingestion of this compound can cause kidney failure and death.

Ethylene Glycol

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The "clutch power" of a LEGO brick was patented in this year, revolutionizing how the bricks connect.

1958

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With difficulty groups – "Fun", "Tricky", "Taxing", and "Mayhem", the goal of this game is to guide (at least) a certain percentage of green-haired, blue-robed creatures from the entrance to the exit

Lemmings