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Main idea: Rodeo clowns face danger to protect cowboys by distracting bulls.

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Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

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Main idea: Dr. James Naismith created a game with peach baskets to keep students active during a rainy day in December 1891, leading to the invention of Basketball.

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The invention of Basketball

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Main idea of Halloween tradition: origins from an ancient Celtic festival, celebrated on the eve of the Celtic New Year with costumes and bonfires, evolving into today's candy-filled celebration.

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The origins of Halloween

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Main idea about automobile fuels: Gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel are fuels with key differences in production and usage.

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Gasoline, diesel, and biodiesels are all fuels, but they have important differences in how they are made and used.

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Main idea of Yellowstone National Park: Located mainly in Wyoming, with 3% in Montana. Features include the Continental Divide, an average elevation of 8,000 feet, and 290 waterfalls, including the 308-foot Lower Falls.

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Physical features of Yellowstone Park

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Main idea: Over 20M lbs of candy corn sold yearly; Brach's can circle Earth 4.25 times. Tootsie Rolls: 64M produced daily. Chocolate: 20B lbs made annually in the US.

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Sales of popular candies each year.

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Main idea: A penny for your thoughts? A 1943 copper penny can be worth $50,000 due to its rarity from WWII steel production. The 1955 double die penny, also rare, can fetch $25,000 if uncirculated.

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Rare and valuable pennies

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Main Idea: A falling apple inspired Newton to think about gravity.

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Newton's contemplation led to the law of universal gravitation.

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Main idea of reality TV: events may be staged, not genuine.

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Reality TV is not as real as they show you to be.

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Main Idea: Tesla's potential death ray invention.

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Tesla may have built a death ray but he died before it could be completed.