Super mario is named after the real life businessman Mario Segale, who had rented out a warehouse to nintendo.
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Before it was known that birds migrated in the winter, it was a commonly accepted theory that birds dug holes and buried themselves in the ground during the cold months. In fact, Aristotle claimed he had found "swallows and kites [...] in holes in the ground".
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity
Ancient Explanations of Bird Migrations
by Richard Armstrong Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong, watches the ancients studying bird migrations. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
Otter faeces are called spraints and some have a strong aroma of freshly mown hay.
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Coffee is universally beneficial against several kinds of liver diseases
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Coffee: The magical bean for liver diseases
Coffee has long been recognized as having hepatoprotective properties, however, the extent of any beneficial effect is still being elucidated. Coffee appears to reduce risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, reduce advancement of fibrotic disease in a variety ...
There is a cafe run by acid attack victims near the Taj Mahal.
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This Agra based café is run by acid attack victims
Sheroes Hangout is a café near the Taj Mahal, Agra, which is run by five women who have all survived acid attacks. Instead of succumbing to victimhood and staying in hiding, these women have decided t...
If your second toe is longer than your big toe, it is a condition called Morton’s Toe and that some statues, including the Statue of Liberty, have feet sculpted that way.
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A bite from a Lone Star tick can cause lifelong allergies to red meat and certain poultry.
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Amblyomma americanum
species of arachnid
Babies born via C-section appear more likely to develop allergies and asthma; believed to be due to delayed development of the gut flora.
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Delivery by Cesarean Section and Early Childhood Respiratory Symptoms and Disorders: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
Abstract. Studies have indicated that children delivered by cesarean section are at an increased risk of developing wheezing and asthma. This could be the
Despite its free-market image, all the land in Singapore is owned by the government, and 85 percent of housing is supplied by the government’s own housing corporation. 22 percent of GDP is produced by state-owned enterprises including Singapore Airlines.
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Ha-Joon Chang: Economics Is A Political Argument
Ha-Joon Chang: Economics Is A Political Argument
One theory why garlic was thought to repel vampires was that it’s an antibiotic, and since vampirism was often thought to be a disease, it was harmful to them. Another theory is that garlic was believed to repel mosquitoes, and since they’re both bloodsuckers, vampires would also be repelled.
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The earliest documentation of abortion is from 1550 BCE.
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History of abortion
aspect of history
When Australia stopped using the pound as its currency, some of the suggested names for the new currency were austral, the oz, the boomer, the roo, the kanga, the emu, the digger, the Quid, the dinkum and the Ming before the government ultimately settled on the Australian dollar.
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There is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water.
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Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
The “folds” in a Chefs Hat are meant to represent the many different ways the chef can cook an egg.
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Chef's uniform
type of uniform worn by cooks
Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The scent is from water interacting with plant oils.
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Petrichor
earthy smell when rain falls on dry soil
Hot water freezes faster than cold water and the effect is called “the Mpemba Effect”. It’s named after Tanzanian Erasto Mpemba who was originally ridiculed for bringing it up in class after noticing his warmer ice cream mix was freezing before the cooler batch.
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Physics World
When cold warms faster than hot
Jennifer Ouellette explores the controversially counterintuitive phenomenon of hot water freezing faster than cold – and why some scientists think a reverse effect may even occur too
Taking fenugreek not only promotes lactation in nursing mothers, but it also makes sweat and urine smell like maple syrup.
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Babies will instinctively hold their breath underwater until the age of six months.
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Infant swimming
reflexive response to immersion in water resembling, but not actually, swimming
The words "lesbian" and "sapphic" both come from this legendary woman named Sappho who lived on the island of Lesbos
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Sappho
Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)