What do you know about apples? There is only one kind of apple that’s native to the United States! Read on to find out more. More than 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States including Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Empire, McIntosh Red, EverCrisp, Ginger Gold, Jonathan, Golden Supreme, Gala, Cortland, Fuji, Granny Smith, …
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Do you know the history of dessert on a stick? There are two main guys and it’s a whole story. In the winter of 1905 in San Fran, Frank Epperson was drinking a powdered fruit drink when he accidently left it on the porch. This accident will forever change Epperson’s life. He eventually creates the …
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A bright full moon shining in the night sky is one of the most beautiful sights in nature. So imagine how much more beautiful it would be if there were two moons. Soon, you won’t have to imagine that. Earth is just about to get a second moon. Sort of. For a little while. An …
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National TV dinner day just happened on September 10th but do you know the history and origin of tv dinners? Or who the two groups are that claim they invented them? TV dinners came out as compact multi course meals that took 15 minutes to bake. They were affordable and delicious and the people wanted …
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The sun has the largest mass of anything in all of space. Did you know that about the sun? The sun is a steaming ball of plasma made of hydrogen and helium and not a solid mass. Sunspots are areas on the sun that are cooler and happen in the photosphere. Solar panels harness energy …
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The human brain is on average about three pounds. And a bunch of other fun psychology facts! Making decisions by thinking through them in a foreign language will help you be more rational. Us as humans have less of an attention span than a goldfish. The brain uses 20% of the body’s total amounts of …
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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 happened plenty of times in science fiction novels and movies. Scientists put something in a robot body — whether an AI or some seemingly innocuous creature — and it promptly uses its newfound power to annihilate humanity. Well, now they’ve gone and done it for real. A U.S.-Italian research team has placed a fungus …
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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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Imagine you’re facing a difficult problem. How would you go about solving it most efficiently? The mature and sophisticated way would be to carefully analyze its root causes and address them with intricately planned measures. Or you could just bomb it until everything in a 100-mile radius around the problem is a lifeless wasteland. Look, …
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