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Hedy Lamar was a famous Hollywood film actress who also invented what became modern-day Wi-Fi.Д¤. Regardless of their size, naval tradition declares submarines be called вЂњboatsвЂќ rather than вЂњships.вЂќДЈ. The Wright Brothers only flew together once (though both piloted the planes individually): on May 25, 1910, they took a six-minute flight piloted by Orville with Wilbur as his passenger.Дў. SPAM is a mash-up of the words 'spice' and 'ham'ДЎ. Cilantro and coriander are considered to be the same.ДЎ7. German is actually the last name of the man who invented a kind of baking chocolate (Sam German).ДЎ6. German chocolate cake is not from Germany. Ripe cranberries will bounce like a ball. Apples float because they are one-quarter air!ДЎ4. If insects are eating the lima bean's leaves, the plant gives off a substance that acts as a signal to parasitic wasps to swoop in and destroy their enemy (i.e. Lima beans have an amazing ability to command wasps as a defense. Cherries are a member of the rose family ( Rosaceae) as are quince, pears, plums, apples, peaches and raspberries!ДЎ2. Carrots weren't always orange: they were once exclusively purple.ДЎ1. Peanuts aren't nuts! (They're legumes.)ДЎ0. Pound cake is so-called because the recipes once called for a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour.Д©. The double coconut palm produced the biggest seed in the world: 45 pounds.Д§. According to Tori Avey, coffee became a popular drink in America after the Boston Tea Party of 1773: Making the switch from tea to coffee was considered a patriotic duty.Д¦. The strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the outside.ДҐ. On the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, potatoes were once used as currency.Д¤.

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Garlic bulbs are full of Vitamin C, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc and more. The worldвЂ™s longest French fry is 34 inches long.Дў. George Washington survived smallpox, malaria (six times), diphtheria, tuberculosis (twice) and pneumonia.1.

Oh, Rats! Finally Moving Your Car? You May Get a Surprise.ДЈ0. Rats must gnaw, and constantly, because their sharp, hard incisors grow continuously throughout their lives - around four or five inches a year. How Covid-19 Has Forced Us to Look at the UnthinkableДў9. Off the coast of the Bronx, Hart Island, now home to a cemetery for the homeless and for unidentified bodies, was once the site of city jails, a Civil War prison camp and an insane asylum for women. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to RoarДў8. Before the Industrial Revolution, the principal sources of noise were thunder, church bells and cannon fire. After a Year of Silence, a Jailed Saudi Princess Appeals for HelpДў7. King Saud, Saudi ArabiaвЂ™s second king, fathered 53 sons and 57 daughters with numerous wives and concubines.

Obesity Linked to Severe Coronavirus Disease, Especially for Younger PatientsДў6. Some 42 percent of American adults - nearly 80 million people - live with obesity. The Scott Paper Company was the first company to introduce toilet paper with cardboard rolls, back in 1890.

For decades after the birth of modern photography in 1839, one of the most common uses of the technology was a professionally shot photograph of a dead family member. In Trippy Times, Bill Graham Took Care of RealityДЎ2.

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In the 1960s, concertgoers at the rock promoter Bill GrahamвЂ™s Fillmore theaters in New York and San Francisco were greeted with barrels offering free apples. Mudlarks Scour the Thames to Uncover 2,000 Years of SecretsДЎ1. Twice a day, the low tide of the River Thames drops the water level in some areas by as much as 20 feet. As EgyptвЂ™s Population Hits 100 Million, Celebration Is MutedДЎ0. About 95 percent of EgyptвЂ™s population lives on about 4 percent of the land, a green belt roughly half the size of Ireland that follows the Nile as it snakes through the desert, then fans out into the Nile Delta. Thai Soldier in Mass Shooting Had Business Clash With His CommanderД©. In Thailand, the military has staged 18 coups since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.

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