Mammoths were hairy elephants belonging to the genus Mammuthus. They were cold-climate adapted and lived in Europe until 4,500 years ago. Both hunters and climate change wiped them out. Elephants are descended from mammoths that are no longer alive. Did you know that there is a fruit that depended on the mammoth for survival? The […]
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On December 5, 1952, the Great Smog of London descended due to a combination of bad weather conditions and severe air pollution. The smog dwelled upon the British Capital for five days. The toxic air and absolute lack of visibility were definitely hazardous, but how bad was the so-called Great Smog? The Great Smog of
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About 90% of crawfish production in America is being done in Louisiana. This is where they bred and farmed crawfish in a rotation cycle with rice crops. But how did the rice farmers cultivate crawfish in Louisiana in the first place? Rice farmers in Louisiana realized they could breed crawfish on their farms all year
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Horse meat is an integral part of many countries’ culinary traditions, particularly in Europe and Asia. Each year, the eight countries that consume the most horse meat consume approximately 4.3 million horses. But this is not something new, in most of humanity’s early history, wild horses were hunted for protein. But have you ever heard
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In 2020, approximately 134,700 acres of onions were harvested in the United States. That is about 75.2 million pounds sold for a value of $877.8 million in the US alone. But have you heard of Vince Kosuga’s shrewd business plan that involved 80 million pounds of onions? Vince Kosuga, a farmer and trader, controlled the
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An invasive species can be described as any organism that causes ecological harm in a new environment where it does not naturally come from. They have been known to cause the extinction of both plants and animals by competing with resources and reducing biodiversity. Did you know the story of the Kudzu plant that was
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The Senator was known to be the biggest and oldest bald cypress tree in the whole world. It used to be standing tall at the Big Tree Park in Longwood, Florida, until 2012. At the time, it stood at 125 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet. Unfortunately, the tree is now gone,
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Mad cow disease started spreading among British herds in the mid-1970s. The disease began to peak in 1993 with about 1,000 cases a week. By 1996, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease or vCJD was detected in humans and was linked to the epidemic. But did you know that a virus or bacteria didn’t spread it? Mad Cow
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We’re all familiar with vegans, vegetarians, and pescetarians, but have you ever heard of kangatarians? The concept of Kangatarians became widespread in a Sydney Morning Herald article and its mention in the Love Island Australian dating show. Kangatarianism is eating a vegetarian diet while still consuming kangaroo meat. Many kangatarians justify that it is a
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Grain bins are generally used for the storage of dry corn and soy beans which are often used for feed, food, or fuel. These storage spaces are quite different from Silos. The latter is used to store harvested green and wet fodder. But did you know that grain bins are actually dangerous? There are about
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