Bob Barker

Standing at 6' 1", Robert William Barker, the most well known host of The Price is Right, was a Navy fighter pilot during World War II (although he never went to war) and is known for closing each Price is Right episode with "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered."
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Abridged,
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Cheese Graters

Made of out pewter, the first cheese grater was created by François Boullier in the 1540's due to the enormous surplus of cheese in the 16th century; however, in 1555 a drought occurred (so there was less cheese), making the grater a luxury item.

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Epigrammatically,
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Gnomes

Gnomes made of terracotta clay first became popular 150 years ago, but later on in the 20th century their plastic grandchildren became the ultimate trademark of tacky lawns everywhere.

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Deminished,

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Cindy McCain

Cindy, the 54 year old wife of John McCain, was raised in Arizona and married John McCain in 1980; she became the chairperson of the beer distribution company Hensley & Company after her father, the founder, died in 2000.

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Concentrated,
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Ken Jennings

Kenneth Wayne Jennings III was born May 23, 1974 and went on to win 74 games of Jeopardy in a row; he also has an uncanny Popeye impression.Interested?
Breviloquent,
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Socks

Roman comedians wore things called "socci", a socklike piece of fabric around their feet that could be taken off quickly; they began wearing them along with sandals, which is why we do too, however unfashionable it is.

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Lessened,
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The Mystery of Instant Messaging

Instant messaging (or IM) began with the slightly stalker prone ICQ in the early 1990's and was later offered to all users of AOL; the communication between the people you are talking to in real time occurs because of a software component in your computer called the client.

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Compactly,

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Popsicles

Frank Epperson, an irresponsible eleven year old, left a soda mix out on his back porch in the middle of winter, so now kids enjoy this treat on hot summer days.

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Abbreviated,
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Tanning Beds

Tanning Beds were created for medicinal reasons, but Fredrick Wolff wanted tan athletes.

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In a nutshell,
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America

On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out with three ships to find a new trade route to India, but by mistake he found The New World (modern day America), which led to the abuse of the natives, and a lot of wars.

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Curtly,
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CNN

CNN, or the Cable News Network, was founded in 1980 by Reese Schonfeld and Ted Turner and was the first network to introduce news streamed 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

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Forever Concise,

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David Arcuhleta's Career

He walked onstage and sang gloriously, causing the audience members' jaws to drop and hormonal teenage girls across the globe to swoon.

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Succinctly Yours,
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Fireworks

This combination of saltpeter, potassium nitrate, and arsenic disulfide burning the skies with their bright colors was invented in 200 B.C.E. in the Han dynasty in China; it has been causing people to cover their ears and watch in awe ever since then.

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Tersely,

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Paperclips

Samuel B. Fay, pioneer of fine office supplies, needed to keep papers together.

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In Short,
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History of Nutcrackers

Nutcrackers were cherished as the fierce home protectors of German households in the good old days, but today they must channel their hostilities toward peacans and walnuts.

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Briefly,

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Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution

According a chap named Charles Darwin, things change over time.

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Short&Sweet,

Kat&Corie

The Explanation of A Short Explanation of Everything

Kat & Corie have challenged themselves to summarize anything ever known in one sentence.

Short and to the Point,

Kat&Corie