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What was the purpose of the 'Pennies For The President' campaign in the United States of America?
It vaguely sounds like a wartime strategy. Salvaging part of the alloy for war efforts?

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I'm not sure snack food qualifies as mythology.

Charon is a moon so large, it shares a tidal-locked orbit around a shared center of gravity with Pluto, and its namesake actually predates Zeus, and possibly even some of the Titans themselves. Name three members of his family.

Erebus and Nyx, of course, and by extension, Chaos, but his siblings include Thanatos, the Hesperides (I think?), Eris, and Hypnos.

I also like snacks.

No, but that is a very clever thought!

The Hesperides are up for debate, but I think it's as reasonable a presumption as any of the other parentage theories. Everything else is correct!

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Me same~<3

*cackles* gotta work for that posting reward, espy

bless lee for working so hard

This company actually employed roadkill-looking creatures mascots--but they weren't actually roadkill. What are they actually called?

opossums

The 'Apple of Discord' is actually much more likely to be what fruit?
golden deliciousâ„¢

What sparked the term 'Uncle Sam' for the United States?
Sam Wilson delivered meat to soldiers in War of 1812. ppl liked him so much they called him Uncle Sam

A golden shower is a reference to what particular mythological event?
Zeus impregnating Perseus' mom when disguised as a golden shower.

The 'Apple of Discord' is actually much more likely to be what fruit?
A pomegranate

"When implored to 'think of nothing', a Ghostbuster envisioned this mascot, instead."

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Uh, help me out here, Carmen Sandiego... something to do with the introduction of standardized coinage itself? I remember an episode where the general public was asked to turn in their metals to smelt and mint, and the president's wife (possibly Mrs Washington?) started with a good example and gave her tea service. But not sure if that campaign got a name, and if so, whether said name was "pennies for the president" (obviously in that case it would be all about creating those pennies in the first place, not collecting them from anyone else)