Historical Coincidences and Serendipities
After observing this fruit fall to the ground, Sir Isaac Newton began wondering why it fell straight down, a significant step in developing his theory of universal gravitation.
What is an apple?
Temperature-based phrase for information that's just been printed in a newspaper.
What is "hot off the presses?"
In October of 2012, President Monson announced the adjustment of the minimum age to participate in missionary service to __ for young men, and __ for young women, respectively.
What is 18 and 19?
Itchy & Scratchy on "The Simpsons."
What is a mouse and a cat?
Austria has the largest cave named for this substance that forms on its walls--dress warm, it's freezing in there.
This dairy product, staple of club sandwiches and charcuterie boards alike, is indirectly responsible for the development and prevalence of hardback books.
What is cheese?
Longtime Philly DJ Jerry Blavat helped popularize this "explosive" rhyming phrase for something good out of the old days.
What is a "blast from the past?"
In April of 2023, President Nelson announced the planned construction of a temple in Jakarta, located in this island nation in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
What is Indonesia?
Patrick on "SpongeBob SquarePants."
What is a starfish?
A cave system in the Philippines has a 5-mile-long underground one of these flowing into the South China Sea.
What is a river?
"On the floors of ____, or down in London town to go-go." Clubgoers in this East Asian metropolis dancing with their own reflections inspired the 1980 pop classic Dancing With Myself.
What is "Tokyo?"
Shakespeare put "cry" before this word, an order to soldiers to start looting & pillaging.
What is "havoc?"
What is 2018?
Chestnut on "2 Broke Girls."
What is a horse?
It wasn't just mammoths--these fur-covered rhinos are depicted in 30,000-year-old art in France's Chauvet Cave.
What is "wooly?"
Alexander von Humboldt, considered the "father of ecology", was said to have helped inspire this Venezuelan statesman (the namesake of Bolivia) to fight for South American independence.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Travis McGee observes, "People who become" these "in their own time usually have very little time left."
What are "legends?"
The April 1971 General Conference was significant for being the first conference whose addresses were printed in this publication.
What is the Ensign?
Stella on "Modern Family."
What is a dog (French bulldog)?
In 1991 a Vietnamese forager discovered a cave so big that these form within it; he saw them billowing out.
What are clouds?
The news of the largest library fire in United States history, the LA Central Library fire of April 1986, was edged out of the front page by the breaking news of this disaster in modern-day Ukraine.
What is the Chernobyl disaster?
To the phrase "Safe as" these little creatures, James Thurber added "under a cookstove".
What are "kittens?"
The 1924 General Conference was noted for being the first to be communicated through this new medium.
What is radio?
Marcel on "Friends."
What is a monkey?
Calcite honeycombing, called boxwork, is a feature almost unique to Wind Cave National Park in this state.
What is North Dakota?