Odd Historical Tidbits Involving Money Tricks And Odd Facts
A roundup of curious notes: a Colombian dog pays with leaves for dog biscuits, Halloween’s cabbage night origins, Maya Angelou as San Francisco’s first Black streetcar conductor, sea sponges sneeze, ornamental hermits once paid to pose, Van Buren’s tiger cubs sent to the zoo, toe kick defined, chess boxing as a hybrid sport, a fake million dollar bill used at Walmart in 2004, WD-40 secrecy, and a thought from Brene Brown about staying in one lane.
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Colombia
Maya Angelou
San Francisco
America
Martin van Buren
Oman
Congress
Alice Pike
Walmart
U.S. Treasury
Phrase quiz and sports names mixed in a cryptic Bible themed puzzle
A reader prompts a Bible verse question and then a dense crossword item set. Clues reference Acts Ruth Ephesians and a long list of figures from sports and pop culture including Sarcasm hinted by poles, palaeography, and famous skaters, with a final segment listing names and abbreviations.
Fragmented Word Puzzle Clues and Names List
A scrambled puzzle clue page fragment lists numbers and partial names such as TORCHBEARERS, Tono-mob, Scott port and Parker with various partial entries. It includes references to Mel Brooks, Chagall, Tara Waugh, Bob Sumac, and DuVernay, plus scattered terms like Oscar and Buddhist, indicating a puzzle or crossword style item with mixed up letters and incomplete phrases.
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Little Childre
Frank Ming
Instrumente Olat
Mel Brooks
Parker
Chagall
Ovid
Matzo
Gwen
Baldwin
Tara Waugh
Kansas
Sect
Social Circle
Chiang
Bob!shek
DuVernay Sumac
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By Lucie Winborne
Brene Brown
Piomssok Aadmng
CTA
Giralda
CTA Cammdiya Cmdgyr
ASLG
King Features Synd., Inc
By Linda Thistle
Gjelefelr
Zelz
Wilson Casey
New” City
Jerusalem
Jericho
Paphos
Gibeon
Samuel
Joab
Abishai
Dan
Goliath
Jesus
Zion, Olives, Carmel, Pisgah
Sisera
Joshua
Lazarus
Arioch
Vloltzfels
Zie
Bell
Politico Palin
Andrea
Michelle
Channel 69
Ando
Nhler Bobb
Amin
Bob
Phoenix Sur
Paris
Canada
Japan
Meyers
Joke Aroun
Helping Theorem
Alice B
Sniezey G ‘Auion
Jomsay
Lex
The
Warren Sentinel
du Iness
the Warren Sentinel
Tristan
Ken Evans
Donna Evans
BLUR
South St. Front Royal
Winchester Road
Front Royal
Autocareclinic
PRI
Keller Williams Realty
What Matters
Warren County
Virginia
East Main Street
Waller Real
Beth
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