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Upon his death in 1931, all non essential lights in the U S were turned off for one minute in his honor?

Vancover Island & British Columbia became one colony in?

Vanilla is the extract of fermented & dried pods of several species of what?

Varietal name applied to two different minerals?

Various methods used to prevent pregnancy from occurring?