Ancient Remedies
Used medicinally for thousands of years, this succulent plant, originating from the Arabian Peninsula, is one of the most trusted, natural treatments for a variety of injuries, including cuts, scrapes and burns.
Aloe Vera
Only Mrs. Cunningham could call the Fonz by his real first name, which was Arthur, in this beloved family sitcom that won 16 Emmy awards.
Happy Days
In this 2005 DreamWorks animated movie starring Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith, four escaped animals from the New York City Zoo end up washed ashore on the island of Madagascar.
Madagascar
This fun anagram of BUILT TO STAY FREE is the name of one of America's most famous landmarks, welcoming the world to our shores for almost 150 years.
The Statue of Liberty
In North American folklore, these are said to be large, hairy humanoids that dwell in heavily wooded wilderness areas and leave little evidence of their existence save mysterious footprints.
Bigfoot (or Sasquatch)
The Sunshine State
Florida
Stemming from the custom of looking at a horse's teeth to determine its age and potential worth, this phrase means to not critically scrutinize a gift.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
This form of alternative medicine that was developed in China approximately 4,000 years ago to restore the body’s inner balance by placing needles at specific pressure points.
Acupuncture
A spin-off of Happy Days, this sitcom followed the lives of two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Laverne and Shirley
In Charles Dicken's classic tale of two cities, Paris and London, he tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met.
A Tale of Two Cities
This one-word anagram of DIRTY ROOM is a large bedroom shared by several people in a school or institution.
Dormitory
This creature is said to inhabit a famous loch in the Scottish Highlands and is often described as large in size with a long neck and one or more humps protruding from the water.
Loch Ness Monster
Great Potatoes, Tasty Destinations
Idaho
The ancient Greek process of voting by placing colored beans into a vase gave rise to this phrase, meaning to reveal, or spill, a secret.
Spill the beans
The first use of these annelid worms in medicine dates back to 800 B.C. when they were used in bloodletting. They're still used today, to stimulate blood circulation after skin grafts and reconstructive surgery.
Leeches
This 70's sitcom, which revolved around the life of a working-class father and his family, broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, and impotence.
All in the Family
In this 1954 Alfred Hitchcock movie, starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, Stewart plays a photographer recuperating from a broken leg who believes he's witnessed a murder out his apartment's rear window.
Rear Window
This famous actor's name is a fitting anagram of OLD WEST ACTION, having starred in such movies as Hang 'Em High, A Fistfull of Dollars, and The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Clint Eastwood
This mythical animal of North American folklore is described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns, and you can buy fabricated trophies of them at many taxidermy shops.
Jackalope
The Land of 10,000 Lakes
Minnesota
In ancient India it was tradition to throw balls of butter at statues of gods to seek favor, which gives us this phrase, meaning to soften one's feelings towards you through flattery.
Butter someone up
The bark of the willow tree contains one of the oldest medicinal remedies for pain, fever and inflammation in human history, dating back even before Hippocrates. In its modern form, we call it this.
Aspirin
This show about a prosperous African-American couple moving from Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of their dry-cleaning business, was one of the longest-running American sitcoms, is the longest-running sitcom with a primarily African American cast, and the first to prominently feature a married interracial couple.
The Jeffersons
In this classic children's board game, players try to guess who their opponent is out of a variety of avatars through a series of questions and the process of elimination.
Guess Who
This one-word anagram of MOON STARER is what we call a scientific observer of celestial bodies.
Astronomer
Found in the folklore of many parts of North and South America, the Spanish name of this legendary monster literally translates into "goat-sucker," with most tales describing a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.
Chupacabra
It's Good Being First
Delaware
The original wording of this phrase shows it meant the exact opposite of the modern version we all know, and referred to the bonds formed shedding blood together in battle were more meaningful than those simply of birth.
Blood is thicker than water
[The original phrase was "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb"]
Most likely cosmetic rather than functional, the oldest of these was discovered on an Ancient Egyptian female mummy more than 2,700 years old in place of her two missing toes.
Prosthetic
This beloved American sitcom television series was set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village, and starred Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda and Max Gail.
Barney Miller
Carrie Fisher auditioned for Star Wars & this horror film at the same time as both directors were in the same room.
Carrie
This two-word anagram of DEBIT CARD is what you may end up with if you're not careful with your plastic spending.
BAD CREDIT
One of America’s oldest mysteries, this legendary creature, described as a flying biped with hooves, is said to lurk in the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey.
The Jersey Devil
Eureka!
California
This phrase's origin dates back to sailing times, when if a rope or "sheet" came loose the sail would flap uncontrollably, possibly causing the ship to lurch in odd directions, and giving us this term for having had too much to drink.
Three sheets to the wind