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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
 
 
This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.
 
This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.
  
The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} at one time redirected to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}.
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The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but rather the full names given in articles' lead sentences. For instance, the article on {{w|Woody Guthrie|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} appears under the title Woody Guthrie.
  
 
The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]].
 
The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]].
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*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
In 2019 a [https://twitter.com/wiki_tmnt Twitter feed was created] which identifies Wikipedia articles with this stress pattern and creates a matching graphic.
 
  
 
==The Wikipedia links==
 
==The Wikipedia links==
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There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:
 
There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:
  
;{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}
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{| class="wikitable"
:{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}
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|-
:{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}
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:{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}
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{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}
:{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}
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:{{w|Climate change and meat production}}
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#{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}
:{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}
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#{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}
:{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}
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#{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}
:{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}
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#{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}
:{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}
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#{{w|Climate change and meat production}}
 
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#{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}
;{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}
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#{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}
 
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#{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}
:{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}
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#{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}
:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
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:{{w|English as a second language}}
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:<s>{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}</s> (deleted)
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#{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
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#{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
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#{{w|English as a second language}}
:{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}
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#{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}
:{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}
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#{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
:{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}
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#{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
 
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#{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}
;{{w|San Diego City Council}}
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#{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}
 
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#{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}
:{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}
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:{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}
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{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}
:{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}
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|-
:{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}
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:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
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{{w|San Diego City Council}}
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
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:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} (now renamed)
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#{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
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#{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
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#{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}
 
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#{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}
;{{w|Single payer health insurance}}
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#{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
 
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#{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
:{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
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#{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}}
:{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}
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#{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
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#{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
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:<s>{{w|Orange County Business Council}}</s> (deleted)
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:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
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#{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
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#{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}
:{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}
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#{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
:{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}
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#{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
 
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#{{w|Orange County Business Council}}
;{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}
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#{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
 
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#{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
:{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}
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#{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}
:{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}<ref>See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]].</ref>
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#{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}
:{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}
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:{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
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{{w|Single payer health insurance}}
:{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}
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:{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}
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:{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}
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{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}
:{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}
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:{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}
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#{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}
 
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#{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}<ref>See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]].</ref>
;{{w|Women science fiction authors}}
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#{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}
 
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#{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
:{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}
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#{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}
:{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}
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#{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}
:{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}
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#{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}
:{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}
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#{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}
:{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}<ref>Gloucester is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).</ref>
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#{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}
:{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}
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:{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}
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:{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}
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#{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}
:{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}
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#{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}
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#{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}
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#{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}
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#{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}<ref>Gloucester is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).</ref>
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#{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}
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#{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}
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#{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}
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#{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}
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{{w|Women science fiction authors}}
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|}
  
 
===Notes===
 
===Notes===
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==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
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:{|class="wikitable"
:[Caption above comic]
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!colspan="2"|
:;WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES
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:'''WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES'''
::With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song
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:With the right syllable stress pattern
 
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:to be sung to the tune of the original
:[Six groups of Wikipedia article titles are written out. Each group contains ten titles. The first title of each group is drawn in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, where the final word of each title is drawn in bulbous green text in the shape of an arch, with the remaining words in white text on a red banner above the green text. The remainder of the titles in each group are arranged as a list in standard font next to the larger titles, alternating from right to left hand side going down the comic.]
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:''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song
 
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:;''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''
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|style="text-align:right;"|
::Cayman Island blue iguana
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:'''''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'''''
::Central Texas pocket gopher
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|style="text-align:left;"|
::Church of Jesus Christ Creator
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:''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''
::Climate change and meat production
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:Cayman Island blue iguana
::''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''
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:Central Texas pocket gopher
::Daylight saving time in China
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:Church of Jesus Christ Creator
::Denver Airport People Mover
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:Climate change and meat production
::Easter Island spiny lobster
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:''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''
 
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:Daylight saving time in China
:;''Asian Human Rights Commission''
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:Denver Airport People Mover
::Edgar Allan Poe Museum
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:Easter Island spiny lobster
::Engine failure after take-off
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
::English as a second language
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|style="text-align:right;"|
::Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members
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:Edgar Allan Poe Museum
::''Fowler's Modern English Usage''
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:Engine failure after take-off
::Georgia Game and Fish Department
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:English as a second language
::Golden-mantled howler monkey
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:Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members
::Greater Cleveland Film Commission
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:''Fowler's Modern English Usage''
::Hairy flower chafer beetle
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:Georgia Game and Fish Department
 
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:Golden-mantled howler monkey
:;''San Diego City Council''
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:Greater Cleveland Film Commission
::Harland David "Colonel" Sanders
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:Hairy flower chafer beetle
::Human Tissue Resource Network
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|style="text-align:left;"|
::''Klondike''-class destroyer tender
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:'''Asian Human Rights Commission'''
::Legal code of North Dakota
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
::Lesser knapweed flower weevil
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|style="text-align:right;"|
::Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket
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:'''San Diego City Council'''
::Maple syrup urine syndrome
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|style="text-align:left;"|
::''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''
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:Harland David "Colonel" Sanders
::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
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:Human Tissue Resource Network
 
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:''Klondike''-class destroyer tender
:;''Single payer health insurance''
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:Legal code of North Dakota
::Neo Geo Pocket Color
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:Lesser knapweed flower weevil
::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''
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:Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket
::Newton's second law of motion
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:Maple syrup urine syndrome
::North Korean Workers Party
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:''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''
::Orange County Business Council
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:Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
::Over/under cable coiling
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
::Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
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|style="text-align:right;"|
::Places named for Adolf Hitler
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:Neo Geo Pocket Color
::Proton-proton chain reaction
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:''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''
 
+
:Newton's second law of motion
:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''
+
:North Korean Workers Party
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
+
:Orange County Business Council
::Quantuum [sic] vacuum plasma thruster
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:Over/under cable coiling
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever
+
:Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
::Royal Flying Doctor Service
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:Places named for Adolf Hitler
::Russian Women's Fascist Movement
+
:Proton-proton chain reaction
::Semi-active laser guidance
+
|style="text-align:left;"|
::''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
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:'''Single payer health insurance'''
::''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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|style="text-align:right;"|
 
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:'''Spotted giant flying squirrel'''
:;''Women science fiction authors''
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|style="text-align:right;"|
::Trailing suction hopper dredger
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:Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
::Vector graphics markup language
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:Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster
::Viti Levu giant pigeon
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:Rocky Mountain spotted fever
::Voting rights in Puerto Rico
+
:Royal Flying Doctor Service
::William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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:Russian Women's Fascist Movement
::Windows Vista startup process
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:Semi-active laser guidance
::Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
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:''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
::Yaba monkey tumor virus
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:''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''
::''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
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:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
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|style="text-align:left;"|
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:Trailing suction hopper dredger
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:Vector graphics markup language
 +
:Viti Levu giant pigeon
 +
:Voting rights in Puerto Rico
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:William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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:Windows Vista startup process
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:Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
 +
:Yaba monkey tumor virus
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:''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
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|style="text-align:right;"|
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:'''Women science fiction authors'''
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|}
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Daylight saving time]]
 
[[Category:Daylight saving time]]
[[Category:Climate change]]
 

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