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  • What are prisms?
  • What are the colors of light?
  • What is dispersion?
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What is it called when white light is split into the spectrum of colors that make it up?

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  • What is a phoenix?
  • Is the phoenix a real bird?
  • What does a phoenix look like?
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The mythological phoenix resembled which other bird?

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  • Why don't all cars have fuel doors on the same side?
  • What factors affect which side of the car the fuel door goes on?
  • What if all cars had fuel doors on the same side?
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According to the argument based upon the economic principle of equilibrium, putting all fuel doors on the same side of all vehicles would mean what percentage of gas pumps would go unused?

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  • Is Oak Island cursed?
  • Is there treasure on Oak Island?
  • How many people have searched for treasure on Oak Island?
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Every ten feet they dug, Daniel McInnis and his friends found a layer of __________________.

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  • Why is Paris called the City of Lights?
  • What was the Age of Enlightenment?
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The Age of Enlightenment is also known as the Age of what?

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