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1. This Wild Mutant Noggin shocked the world when, in 1610, he began supporting the idea that the Earth, and the rest of the planets, revolved around the Sun. Who was this "telescopic" man?
2. Then there was that American Civil War General who was pretty good at his job, but harbored a weird delusion. He thought that one of his arms was longer than the other, so every now and then he'd hold the "longer" one up to balance out his circulation. Who was this Wild Mutant Noggin?
3. A famous Irish-born Fabian-Socialist writer, the author of "Pygmalion," had a strange idiosyncrasy certifying him as a Wild Mutant Noggin. He would not write more than five pages a day. If he came to the end of a page, he'd stop, even to the point of leaving a sentence unfinished. Who was this writer?
4. Archimedes, the ancient Greek scientist, was very noggin challenged. His Eureka moment and major discovery was made in his laboratory, which very much resembled what?
5. America's Founding Fathers were not without representation on the early teams of Mutant Noggins. Which Founding Father invented bifocal glasses to help his poor noggin's poor vision?
6. Some say this Roman emperor was truly insane. Whether or not he was, he sure did some crazy things. In one of his crazier deeds, he had his steed, Incitatus, appointed to the senate. Who was this Wild Mutant Noggin?
7. Another Age of Enlightenment Mutant Noggin belonged to the Frenchman Nicolas Appert. He was know as "the father of canning". To prove the abilities of his methodologies, what did he once can to preserve it?
8. The field of entertainment is not without its share of Noggins of the past. This entertainer had a broadcast show for twenty years, painted clowns and other circus memories of his teenage years, wrote short stories and composed many pieces of background music. Which Noggin was this?
9. Thomas Edison was one of the most brilliant men who ever lived. Unfortunately, he tried to prove that his own direct current (DC) was better then his rivals George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla's alternating current (AC) in a rather horrifying way. What did he do to show how dangerous an alternating current could be?
10. In 1945, the use of microwaves to heat and cook food was discovered by accident. What was the name of the Noggin who was credited with this discovery?
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