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1. The difference between phobias & fears are that phobias are irrational and fears are rational

2. Four answers;
    a: X-Men
    b: Alien
    c: Lost in Space
    d: Doctor Strangelove

3. HerculesThe Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose"), dubbed "The Edsel of Aviation", is an aircraft which was designed and built by Howard Hughes' Hughes Aircraft company. Its first and only flight took place in 1947. Hughes himself detested the nickname "Spruce Goose". The nickname arose as a way of mocking the Hercules project due to Hughes' alleged misuse of government funding to build the aircraft. The Hercules is the largest flying boat, and still holds the record for the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history. Only one was ever built.

4. Tastes. (sweet, bitter, sour, salty and umami)

5. Four answers;
    a: Dried fish
    b: Tulip bulbs
    c: Cocoa beans
    d: Salt

6. Ballet

7. Napol?on Bonaparte

8. Pear-shaped In the Middle Ages, most people thought the world was spherical, although Christopher Columbus believed the world to be pear shaped.

9. Four answers;
    Human (homosapian), Elephant, Hippopotomous and Orangutan

10. Leonardo da Vinci The Codex Leicester is a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. It is named after Thomas Coke, later the 1st Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1717. Leonardo da Vinci was a prolific artist, scientist, and more. From his 30 scientific journals, this one might be the most famous of all. The Codex was purchased in 1980 by wealthy industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer from the Leicester estate, and renamed the "Codex Hammer". In 1994 Bill Gates bought it at auction for $30.8 million and renamed it the Codex Leicester. The Codex is put on public display once a year in a different city around the world.

 

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