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Created in 1988, fantasy football is a virtual competition where football enthusiasts manage a fictional football team. They could draft and trade players or change their team’s line-up. Scoring is based on the performance of the players chosen.

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Fred Figglehorn, played by Lucas Cruikshank, is a fictional character, and is the most popular and subscribed to channel on YouTube, of all time. Fred is a 6-year-old boy who has anger issues, an alcoholic mother, and an imprisoned father. Other characters include Judy, Kevin, and his pets.

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The SPCA is a worldwide organization created to prevent cruelty to animals. There are branches of the organization in many countries, including Kenya, Singapore, Ireland, and New Zealand.

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Mia Hamm (full name Mariel Margaret Garciaparra) is a former soccer player for the U.S. national team who holds the record for most international goals scored among both male and female players.

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The Wrangler Sahara was a compact sport utility vehicle produced by Chrysler for its Jeep division. This model featured trail cloth seats, alloy wheels, body color fender flares and bumper fog lamps.

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Spectroscopy is a branch of analysis devoted to identifying elements and compounds through the measurement of the absorption, scattering, or emission of electromagnetic radiation by atoms or molecules. It is widely used in physical and analytical chemistry, as well as in astronomy and remote sensing. Questions and answers here have to do with anything that has to do with Spectroscopy.

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Manchester is a city located in North West England’s south-central part and is home to approximately 483,800 residents (as of 2009). The city was the site of the first railway station in the world.

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Stomach flu or gastroenteritis is the inflammation of the small intestines and the stomach, which results in acute diarrhea. This may be caused by different bacteria like Staphylococcus, Shigella, Salmonella and many more.

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Vomiting is the body's natural way of emitting things in the digestive system. The most common causes of vomiting are gastroenteritis, the stomach flu, food poisoning, overeating, food allergies and over-consumption of alcohol. Vomit is usually made up of partly digested food particles and digestive juices, and exits the body through the mouth.

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Questions about George Frideric Handel, a well-known English composer during the Baroque Period.

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Rum is a liquor that was distilled from sugarcane. Most rum is a product of the Caribbean and Latin American countries. It is also often associated with historical piracy.

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Monarch butterflies are a species of milkweed butterfly native to North America, although they can also be found in New Zealand, Australia and the Canary Islands just to name a few. These butterflies are famous for their annual fall migration to warmer climates and the massive gatherings of butterflies these migrations cause. Beautiful but toxic (to eat, that is), Monarchs are poisonous due to the toxins contained in the milkweed leaves they consume as caterpillars.

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"Charlotte's Web" was written by E. B. White, and first published in 1952. It is a barnyard tale of a rescued piglet, a literate spider, and the girl who takes care of them.

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Even though they can now be found internationally, all but one of the 128 species of maple tree originated in Asia. Fifty-four of these are under threat of extinction in their native habitat.

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Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts. In 2012, Romney unsuccessfully ran for president on the Republican ticket. A successful businessman, Romney is the co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity firm. Romney is a Mormon and has five children with his wife Ann.

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Woodlice are crustaceans with a segmented exoskeleton. There are over 3,000 species of woodlice found worldwide. They are sometimes commonly called roly-poly and pill bug.

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Flight Attendants are a part of an aircrew that give a flight of an airplane more comfort. Most flight attendants are female but there are male flight attendants.

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Officially named as Republic of Niger, Niger is a landlocked country located in Western Africa. Its predominantly Islamic population of approximately 15 million as of 2009 is mostly located in the far south and west side of the country.

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Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland and home to 2 million people. It played a major role in World War 2, serving as the South West Pacific headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur.

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Established in 1960, the New York Jets are a professional football team based in New York metro area and part of the Eastern Division of the AFC in the National Football League. The team is most known for its legendary quarterback Joe Namath who shocked the world when he upset the Baltimore Colts in Superbowl III.

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El Nino and La Nina are opposite phases of ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation), a coupled ocean-atmosphere oscillation in the Tropical Pacific Ocean that exerts an influence on weather throughout much of the world. Being an oscillation, it moves between these two phases every few years, triggered initially by changes in the atmospheric circulation with ocean temperature changes following. It is measured by the Southern Oscillation Index, which compares surface pressures at Tahiti and Darwin, Australia.

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Spyro the Dragon is a game series starring the video game character Spyro, which was originally published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The series has thirteen games in total including spin-offs. Activision purchased the rights to the series and published the newest Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.

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At one time arcade games referred to games that people would play at coin operated machines kept at various locations. The term arcade eventually evolved to cover a genre of games. Arcade games are usually simple games that consist of levels that must be passed.

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Bacon is cut from the back and sides of a pig; then dried, salted, and usually smoked. It is cut into thin slices and is a popular meat to serve at breakfast. It is also an ingredient in many recipes.

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On the list of burrowing rodents is the mole, whose original name in Germany and Scandinavia means 'dirt tosser'. The mole uses its toxic saliva to paralyze earthworms, of which thousands then can be stored in underground larders for fresh eating. Contributors typically want to know about the mole's environmental role in opening air passageways underground, geographic ranges, most effective controls by gardeners, and predator/prey roles within soil food webs and surface food chains.

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The Songhai Empire was an Islamic empire based in modern day western Africa. It ruled from around 1340 until their destruction at the hands of Morocco in 1591.

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Wilma Rudolph was the first African American woman to win gold medals in the Olympics for track and field. A native of Tennessee, she was one of 21 children in her family. Her triumph over childhood diseases, including polio, have made her a role model for endurance and persistence.

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Ned Kelly was an iconic Australian bushranger who was hanged for murder in 1880. His character is featured prominently in Australian film and folklore.

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The Wanted are a British boy band formed in 2009 with members Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness and Siva Kaneswaran.

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Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia. Named after the British captain George Vancouver, it was the host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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