Venus flytraps are carnivorous perennial plants that live for up to 20 years in the wild. Insects supply them with nutrients they cannot readily acquire from the soil, while they get most of their energy from photosynthesis. But do you know these plants naturally grow in North Carolina? Venus Flytraps naturally grow within a 75-mile […]
Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in the history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane on its first flight, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and reached 120 feet. But did you know why they never flew together
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Carnivorous plants are those plants that derive their nutrition from trapping and devouring animals, protozoans, or insects. The Venus Flytrap is one of the most iconic of the lot. But did you know they aren’t actually indigent to tropical regions? The Venus Flytrap is only native to a region in North Carolina in the United
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There are 600 known species of carnivorous plants in the world. The Venus Flytrap is one of the most common carnivorous plants. They are native to the East Coast of the United States. The Venus flytrap is naturally found in only a number of places in the US. They are commonly seen in the North
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One Bullet Can Kill, but Sometimes 20 Don’t, Survivors Show A man in North Carolina was shot roughly 20 times in 1995 and lived to tell about it. The rapper 50 Cent was shot nine times in 2000 and has since released three albums. And in 2006, Joseph Guzman survived 19 gunshot wounds during the
