The Canadian government and the European Parliament both intend to implement a ban on the "single-use" type of this material by 2021. Name this general type of material widely used in straws and earbuds.

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Single-use plastics are a major contributor to a "great garbage patch" found around 145 degrees west longitude in this ocean.

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In May 2019 a Canadian ship supposedly carrying plastic recyclables - but actually containing garbage - was expelled from this country's port of Subic Bay.

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The ancient thinker Eratosthenes compared the angle of the sun on the summer solstice in two Egyptian cities to produce the first value for this geographical measurement.

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A book about the mythical origins of these groups of stars, such as Ursa Major, was attributed to Eratosthenes.

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Eratosthenes criticized Egyptian rulers for inventing a myth about this god traveling to India. In another myth, this god gives Midas the golden touch.

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What type of counted-thread embroidery typically uses cotton floss and was once used by girls to make sewing samplers that featured X-shaped stitches?

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The theme song of this 1970s sitcom explained that the title family was formed when a "lovely lady" with three daughters married a man with three sons.

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This current (2021) ABC sitcom is set in the 1980s and stars Jeff Garlin as the gruff father of the title family.

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