What do you know about mushrooms? Did you know that we are discovering new varities all the time? We’ve been eating them for thousands of years. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere. Mushroom growing in the United States is credited to J.B. Swayne as the first to grow them here. He started the shrooms in Kennett …
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Getting hit in the head is generally not very good for your health. Yet, many sports from boxing to football put the athletes at serious risk of getting bonked on the noggin. That’s why the athletes and contestants wear protective gear. Football players take to the field while fairly heavily armored and even boxers use …
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Believe it or not, there are even more September monthly holidays! Here are the rest! Sourdough September Remember when everyone was making sourdough in 2020? Well, that trend never really died and in fact, it’s only growing. People are using their sourdough starters and making all kinds of things with it from cookies to donuts …
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The early fall is the perfect time for a little road trip. The weather is still warm but not too hot, summer crowds have dispersed and autumn tourists haven’t arrived yet, and nature is still gorgeous. That’s what the British friends Neil Cox and J. Antic also thought. So, they decided to hop on a …
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These weird history stories may not be well known but they are a little shocking. Do you know these strange stories from the past? We Wanted To Nuke The Moon Yes us, Americans, crazy as it may sound, considered sending a nuclear missile towards the moon. Since WWII we have been in a nuclear arms …
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Ancient Egypt had a culture that loved cats, tattoos and makeup. Here are more facts about the longest, on-going civilization in the world. Sphinx were used in Ancient Egypt as bodyguards over sacred sites. A sphinx being the mythological creature with both the head of a human and the body of a lion. The most …
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Did you know the teeny tiny hummingbird has 100 different species and that they don’t eat with their long beak but rather lap up sweet liquids like a cat and milk? Here are more teeny tiny hummingbirds. There is a lot of variability with the color and look of the iridescent parts of hummingbirds. The …
It’s not the time when summer is over and fall is here but it’s about that time. Which of these activities will you get into before the end of the summer? Go see small town America Make tomato recipes-because they’re in season and they taste great right now! You could use them for canning as …
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Sunny summer fun facts, whether you like summer or not because it’s here! Would you pick summer or fall if you could? How many watermelon varieties do you know of? Because there are more than 1,200 types of watermelon in the world. The Watermelon Board says the most popular kinds include seeded, seedless, and mini …
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What psychological facts about humans do you know? For instance, the way you experience fear when you lose your phone? Memories are less like precise snapshots and more like pieced images. Women have only half the pain receptors on their bodies are males, with a much larger threshold for pain. When you consume chocolate, the …
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