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Across 8. A ___ bite can make you allergic to red meat. 9. ___ ___ is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences; physics and chemistry. 11. ___ had a flatulence problem. fFatulence had become such a pervasive issue for him that he had to regularly ingest 28 different drugs to keep it under control. 14. Copper door knobs are self-disinfecting. In fact, the material has been found to kill ___. 16. A dozen bodies were once found in ___ ___'s basement. The bones were discovered during a 1998 renovation of the house and were identified as being from nearly a dozen people, including six children 18. The longest wedding ___ was the same length as 63.5 football fields. 20. Wood frogs in Alaska have been known to hold their urine for up to ___ months, 21. A chef's ___ contains 100 folds; it is said that these folds represent the number of ways to cook an egg, 22. The ___ ___ font came from an actual comic book 24. A ___ once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him 25. During the Vietnam War and the Cold War, ___ have been trained to be used in wars 26. ___ lived on every continent 29. The "M's" in M&Ms stand for ___ and ___. That would be Forrest ___ and Bruce ___, the two businessmen who created the candy-coated chocolates 30. The total weight of ___ on earth once equaled the total weight of people. 31. Chewing gum boosts___. Next time you are having trouble focusing, you might want to reach for a stick of gum 32. The healthiest place in the world is in ___. It is home to beautiful scenery, a low cost of living, and a significantly longer life expectancy than the surrounding areas. 33. The man who wrote Dracula never visited ___. 35. The ___ are so small it get mistaken for insects. It is the a tiny flyer. 36. ___ have existed for around 400 million years, while trees became their own official species only 350 million years ago. 38. ___ can be fatally poisonous. A little dash in a pumpkin pie or on your egg nog can give it some extra flavor and a lovely, spicy scent. Too much, however, can be toxic. 39. Playing the ___ was once required for teachers in North Korea 41. Your ___ can regrow itself in three weeks. 42. The iconic stone heads protruding from the ground on ___ . Many don't realize what lies beneath the surface; the hundreds of stone statues on the Pacific Island excavated two of the figures, revealing full torsos, which measure as high as 33 feet. 44. ___ are constitutionally protected in Florida 46. Cotton candy was invented by a ___. 47. There's a decorated war hero ___. During World War I, the U.S. First Infantry Division found themselves unable to communicate with other troops because shellfire had damaged the telephone wires. A young private came up with a unique solution: Rags, whom the soldiers had adopted in Paris, would carry the messages from one division to the next tucked into his collar. 48. The Silverback ___ can lift almost a literal ton. 49. ___ ___'s bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre to go for a drink. Parker was a police officer with a less-than-stellar reputation. After arriving three hours late for his shift, the officer left his post protecting the president to get a drink at the Star Saloon next door to the theatre 50. Unlike cats or other animals that can cough up hairballs when they digest too much fur and other indigestible materials, ___ are incapable of spewing 52. This fruit is packed with the enzyme bromelain, which breaks down protein chains, making it an ideal marinade for meats when you don't have a lot of time 53. Cats once delivered mail in ___. 54. The dot over the lower case "i" or "j" is known as a ___. 55. Space smells like seared ___. According to some former astronauts, space does have a distinct odor 56. Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples, and only apples. Alcoholic beverages can be made from pears, but that drink is known as ___.

Down 1. You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during a ___. The elevation can have a detrimental effect on our ability to taste things. 2. The unicorn is the national animal of which country. 3. The original super hero ___ could leap tall buildings in a single bound. But then he had to come right back down to Earth, because he didn't fly. It wasn't until the 1940s, when animators for a new animated series that it was decided that he could take off into the air. 4. The Twitter bird's official name Is ___. 5. ___ ___ ___has the most No. 2 Billboard hits—without ever hitting No. 1 6. Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its ___. 7. ___ aren't actually potato chips. 10. ___ ___ can dance to a beat. There are only two mammals on Earth with the proven ability to move their bodies in time with an external beat: humans and ___ ___ 12. Children's medicine once contained ___. If you were a baby in the middle of the 1800s and you cried while teething, your parents might have given you Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup 13. Pro ___ once had women players 15. The___ ___ patent was lost in a fire 17. ___ ___ isn't actually American. The first pies were baked in Medieval Europe. 19. ___ was once attacked by thousands of rabbits. 20. E is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words. 23. Chimpanzees and gorillas have human-like fingerprints and so do ___. In fact, its prints are very similar to human fingerprints, even to expert crime scene investigators. 27. ___ is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. 28. Riding a ___ ___ could help you pass a kidney stone. 31. The first ___ was invented in the 1940s 34. Saudi Arabia imports camels from ___. 37. ___ kill more Americans each year than sharks do 40. Sharks can live for five ___. 43. Just as earth has earthquakes, the moon has ___. 45. When we breathe in and out of our nose during the day, one ___ does most of the work at a time, with the duties switching every several hours. 51. The hottest spot ever recorded on Earth is in ___, where a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded on Sept. 13, 1922 53. America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same ___. 54. Tsutomu Yamaguchi once survived ___ atomic bombs.