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The jaws of the Dracula ant (Mystrium camillae) go from 0 to 200 miles per hour in 15 microseconds. These ants can be found in the Southeast Asian tropics, Australia, and Africa. The bite has been described as the fastest animal movement on record. Its bite is 5,000 times faster than the blink of an eye, and three times faster than the previous record holder, the trap-jaw ant. |
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Keep your feet cozy and the floor clean with these Selric Microfiber Washable Mop Slippers ($13). |
Howard wheels? I don't think I've ever seen those before.
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In the early 1900s, it wasn’t easy to tell a Coca-Cola bottle apart from copycat competitors like Koka-Kola and Celery-Cola, so the company gave glass companies a challenge in 1915: Design a “bottle so distinct that you would recognize it by feel in the dark or lying broken on the ground.” A slimmed-down version of the winner, which came out a year later, became the iconic Coke bottle, and it’s now the most recognized bottle in the world. |
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Forget caviar and expensive truffles, bird’s saliva is the food of the well-heeled, at least in China anyway. Bird’s nest soup, is an expensive delicacy made from rare bird’s nests created from the saliva of small swiftlets. The nests, which have been used in Chinese cooking for over four centuries, are dissolved in water to make a soup which is believed to have exquisite flavour and be of benefit to health. These bird nests are considered to be one of the most expensive animal food products consumed by humans. |
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Vending machines were developed in the United Kingdom in the 1880s and were used to sell gum at train stations in New York. By 1926, there was one vending machine for every 100 people in America. |
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The most popular cookie in America is the chocolate chip cookie, which is attributed to Ruth Wakefield circa 1933. |
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More than $2 billion of candy is sold for Halloween, more than any other holiday |
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Bubble gum is pink because the inventor of the tasty treat didn't have any other colors on hand. |
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If you are looking for a protein-packed snack, pick something with avocado on it. Avocados have more protein than any other fruit. |
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If you plan on buying pumpkins to carve into jack o’lanterns or to decorate your porch, you aren’t alone. Of all the pumpkins sold each year, only 1% is used as food. The other 99% are solely for decoration. |
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According to purecanadamaple.com, Canada produces 71 per cent of the world's maple syrup, and of that, 91 per cent comes from Quebec. Maple syrup production requires specific climate conditions that are most common in la belle province. |
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The oldest tavern in America is White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island, opened in 1673 |
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The oldest American restaurant still in service today is Boston's very own Union Oyster House, founded in 1826 |
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Most people know Wendy's was named after founder Dave Thomas' daughter - but Wendy wasn't her actual name. It was actually Melinda Lou - Wendy was her nickname |
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Because of Happy Meals, McDonald's is the largest toy distributor in the world |
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Caesar salad, a combination of romaine lettuce, raw egg yolk, Parmesan cheese and croutons was invented in the 1920s by Caesar Cardini, an Italian restaurateur living in Tijuana, Mexico. |
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Pizza was invented in Naples during the 18th century. |
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Italian wedding soup is not a traditional soup served at weddings. It just means that the meat and greens go well together. |
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Clams Casino, the dish of baked clams topped with minced bell pepper, herb butter and slices of bacon, was invented in 1917 by Julius Keller, maitre d' of The Casino, a restaurant in Narragansett, Rhode Island. |
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Genoan sailors were known colloquially as “Genes” and wore cotton pants, which is where we get the word “jeans” from. |
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The famous author Mark Twain (who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) was the inventor of the bra clasp. |
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Blue is the color of loyalty, which explains why U.S. police officers wear blue uniforms. |
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The tuxedo gets its name from the town named Tuxedo, situated in Orange County. This was the place where a tuxedo was first worn. |
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Bra manufacturer Playtex made the spacesuits for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin when they went to the moon. |
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