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Of course, pineapples are now easily acquired, even by us average folks, and the symbol is gone.

London was founded by the Romans.

It was called Londinium by the Romans.

All its people lived inside the walls that were built by the Romans.

Then, step by step, the villages joined together into one huge city.

Tornadoes are especially dangerous to people in cars or mobile homes and about 60 people are killed by tornadoes every year.

Tornadoes can be caused by winds that have been going opposite directions with humidity.

The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users.

Tennis is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport.

Walmart is an American chain of retail department, and grocery stores, known for being the largest company in the world by revenue.

Walmart is a family-owned business that was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas.

He increased the sales by 45% in the first year by offering lower prices on products that he purchased from lower cost suppliers.

By 1975 there were 125 stores with sales of $340 million.

By 1987, Walmart's 25th anniversary, there were 1,198 stores and $15.9 billion in sales.

Approximately 90% or more of the stores go by other names such as Todo Dia, Trust-Mart, Hypermart, or Bodega Aurrera.

It is estimated that the WAlmart stock owned by the Waltons would fill a big backyard pool with gold if it were translated from dollars to gold.

Most CPUs used in desktop (home) computers are microprocessors made by either Intel or Advanced Micro Devices (usually shortened to AMD).

Brian, Joe, and Nate solved this problem ingeniously by repackaging and rebranding breakfast cereals to coincide with the 2008 presidential elections.

A staggering seventy-five Airbnb hosts make at least a million dollars a year by renting out their properties.

Two million guests stay with Airbnb each night alone, making Airbnb, by far the biggest and most lucrative online rental marketplace in the world today.

Unfortunately, the original air bed had long since burst, being replaced by a sofa, which guests described as surprisingly comfortable!

It was built in different areas by different dynasties to protect different territorial borders.

In December 1987 the Great Wall was placed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO .

The Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space by the human eye without aid.

Robots are usually machines controlled by a computer program or electronic circuitry.

They may be directly controlled by humans.

It is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.

The fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and characteristic tart flavor.

The oldest writings mentioning yogurt were by Pliny the Elder, who said that some people knew how to thicken the milk into something which was sour but tasty.

Yogurt with added fruit jam was patented in 1933 by the Radlická Mlékárna dairy in Prague.

Greek yogurt is made by straining out the extra whey in regular yogurt.

The most yoghurt eaten in one minute is 1.685 kilograms (3.71 lbs) and was achieved by Andre Ortolf (Germany) in Augsburg, Germany, on 25 March 2017.

It may be marked by significant disruptions and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind.

Desert storms are often accompanied by violent winds, and pass rapidly.

Each year, on average, severe storms are responsible for more damage (as measured by insurance costs) than tropical cyclones, earthquakes, floods, or bushfires.

The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world.

Tokyo is a leading center for research and development, represented by various universities, most notably the University of Tokyo.

Nowhere is the subject of this dessert more completely covered than in the 2007 cookbook, Panna Cotta: Italy's Elegant Custard Made Easy by Camilla V Saulsbury.

The Internet was developed in the United States by the "United States Advanced Research Projects Agency" (DARPA).

The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in 1990 by a British (UK) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee.

Webpages on the Internet can be seen and read by anyone (unless the page needs a password, or it is blocked).

Sprite is manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

In 2000, graffiti artist Temper was hired by Sprite to create a limited edition design in celebration of the millennium that appeared on 100 million cans distributed across Europe.

In 2004, Coca-Cola created Miles Thirst, a vinyl doll voiced by Reno Wilson (the voice of Frenzy, Mudflap and Brains from across the Transformers films) in order to exploit the hip-hop market to advertise their range of soft drinks.

Sprite can help relieve some stomach pains, such as those caused by a gassy build up.

Computers are used to control large and small machines which in the past were controlled by humans.

In 2004, the Android OS was developed with the backing of Google by Android Inc.

Mexico has the world's fifteenth-largest economy by nominal GDP, and the eleventh-largest by PPP.

Chocolate, chilies, and corn are introduced to the world by Mexico.

Hot chocolate was considered the sacred drink by the Aztecs.

Two spacecraft have visited Mercury: Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 and 1975;

These are caused by numerous encounters with asteroids and comets.

The Caloris Basin is the largest impact crater on Mercury covering approximately 1,550 km in diameter and was discovered in 1974 by the Mariner 10 probe.

EBay was created by an Iranian-American computer programmer called Pierre Omidyar, in 1995.

The CD was by a German rock band called The Scorpions.

The 405 foot (123.4 meters) super yacht, designed by Frank Mulder sold for a whopping $170 million.

To make the rolls, dough is prepared by mixing the flour with water and a pinch of salt and is kept aside for a while after making.

The vegetables, mint and lettuce is thinly chopped and tofu is baked by adding soy sauce.

His works were later rediscovered by both Arabic and Renaissance scientists who first replicated his results and then built on them.

Some cheeses can be curdled by adding lemon juice or vinegar.

Blue cheese, which has distinctive smells and tastes, have blue veins running through, which is caused by piercing the cheese and its crust with stainless steel needles and copper wires, to allow air into the product.

The first laptop was made in 1981 by British Designer Adam osborn.

Grid Systems was bought by Tandy Corporation in 1988.

Laptops can be powered either from an internal battery or by an external power supply from an AC adapter.

Since a lot of the Earth is covered by water, the total surface area of the Mars is nearly as large as all of the land on the Earth.

The world's most expensive pancakes are made by the Radisson blu edwardian Hotel's five star Opus restaurant.

The Guinness World Record for the most pancakes served in 8 hours by a team is 34,818.

The most pancakes made in 1 hour by an individual is 1,092.

It was done by Ross mccurdy from Kingston, Washington, United States, on August 13, 2013.

What we're talking about is the technical term to refer to cats by their gender.

The record is held by a Burmese cat called Tarawood Antigone, who was just four years old at the time.

Otters are raised by their mothers.

Historically otters have been used by humans to aid in the process of fishing all over the world.

Otters survive by hunting, and as such they live in unpolluted waters.

These fuzzy little guys are unfortunately at risk though, so if you're feeling inspired by these facts go and read more into them, and see what you can do to help!

In the daytime, they keep cool by staying in the water or mud.

Hippopotamuses rest together in the water, but they like to graze by themselves.

It was created by Archibald Montgomery Low.

This was all captured by the drones' on-board camera.

The name "Hoi an" was adopted in 1595 by Nguyen hoang, who saw the commercial potential of the port city.

They are arranged side-by-side in tight, unbroken rows along narrow pedestrian streets.

Later, by the 14th century, the Cham moved further down towards Nha trang.

By the 18th century, it was considered to be the best place to trade in all of Asia, according to Chinese and Japanese merchants.

Travelers may explore the old quarter by motorbike, kayak, motorboat, or bicycle.

The city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.

Throughout its history, Seoul was known by a number of different names, and the name Seoul itself is believed to have originated from the Korean word for the capital city, Seoraneol.

Seoul has been described as the world's "most wired city", ranked first in technology readiness by Pwc's Cities of Opportunity report.

Moreover, the Angkor Archaeological Park is very rich in medicinal plants, used by the local population for treatment of diseases.

The plants are prepared and then brought to different temple sites for blessing by the gods.

These aspects of intangible heritage are further enriched by the traditional textile and basket weaving practices and palm sugar production.

The space occupied by the teeth is greater than that occupied by the brain.

By contrast, the smallest horse ever was a tiny 14-inch pony from New Hampshire.

Although they became less popular with the introduction of the automobile in the early 20th Century, hundreds of horses are still used by the police today.

They are collectively called the Galilean moons, because they were discovered by the Italian astronomer Galileo galilei.

Jupiter shrinks by about 2 Cm each year.

Virtual Reality and Interactive 3d solutions for education have been shown to increase students attention levels by 92% and increase test scores by 35%.

Eventually, he was asked to leave by the authorities because his indifference was setting a bad example to other students.

He published his first scientific paper in 1900, and by 1905 had completed his PhD entitled "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions".

The record for the largest number of portions sold in one day by an independent fish and chip shop is over 4,000.

These dishes soon became so popular they were sold anywhere from river boat food vendors to the streets, enjoyed both by royalty and the common folk.

The first photo ever posted was by the co-founder, @kevin on July 16, 2010.

Instagram was bought by Facebook in 2012 for $1 billion dollars.

Google really is by far one of the biggest names across the planet.

Samsung initially sold noodles and other produce, it wasn't until 1970 that the first electrical product was sold by Samsung: a 12 inch Black & White TV.

A lesser known fact, though, is that he was actually led there by a Peruvian guide by the name of Melchor Arteaga.

It has been long claimed by various scholars that the German adventurer and businessman Augusto Berns reached Machu Picchu and plundered it 44 years previously, in 1867.

The first laptop was made in 1981 by British Designer Adam osborn.

Grid Systems was bought by Tandy Corporation in 1988.

The city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.

Seoul has been described as the world's "most wired city", ranked first in technology readiness by Pwc's Cities of Opportunity report.

Instead, Jesse Owens gave him a proverbial slap in the face by winning 4 gold medals wearing German manufactured shoes.

Adidas's Tubular line of sneaker was actually inspired by car tires and the "tubular snake" originally was created to emulate tires and their threading.

It was a cartoon image of a whale being pulled out of water in a net by eight little birds - representative of Larry the Twitter bird.

A tsunami is a large ocean wave which is normally caused by an earthquake that happens underwater or from a volcanic explosion.

Tidal waves are not only caused by the solar system, but they can also be caused by wind as it makes its way across the water.

The energy released by a large earthquake may be equal to 10,000 times the energy of the first atomic bomb.

Alaska is followed by California, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah.

For a unique experience, buy a ticket for the Petra by Night tour during one night of your stay.

The video to first reach 1 billion views the fastest was Hello by Adele.

He posted covers on YouTube which were discovered by Usher which paved the road to his astounding level of fame.

A thief took $28 million worth of gems in 2007 after gaining the guards trust at an Antwerp Bank by repeatedly offering them chocolate.

The man who created the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup was a farmer, by the name of Harry Burnett Reese, who was a former shipping foreman and dairy farmer for Milton Snavely Hershey, the founder of Hershey's chocolate.

Autonomous and automated, the difference lies in its ability to be controlled by something or whether it has self-governance.

The controlling came from a second car directly behind sending radio impulses which were received by an antenna and sent the signals to circuit breakers that controlled small electric motors to direct the car's movement.

In 2009 Ford brought the next gadget in the driverless car repertoire to their vehicles by producing those with a self-parking system as standard.

By 2013 Google's self-driving cars traveled over 500,000 miles.

In this same year, Nissan and Mercedes stated they will commercialize the driverless car by 2020.

Patented by Forrest Mars (yes, he was the son of the founder of Mars chocolate) and later co-owned by Bruce Murrie, the name of the chocolate product was derived from these two men.

M&M's can be recognized instantly today by the small 'm' which is printed onto each piece.

If you've ever mistaken M&M's for Smarties, that's because they were modeled on Smarties and inspired by the brand.

By 1987, the popular color was back on the shelves, and many customers were happy to hear that the orange pieces would remain there too.

In 2015, Vine star Nash Grier was challenged by M&M's to give away one million M&M's Crispy chocolates.

Bagpipes were invented in Ancient Egypt and were brought to Scotland by the Roman invaders.

It is believed by many that the white of the candy cane represents the purity of Jesus.

Before this, each candy cane was made by hand.

Sugar is found in the fibers of all plants, as a by-product of the process of photosynthesis.

Contrary to what many people believe, there are only 15 calories in a teaspoon of sugar, which can be burned off in 15 minutes simply by socializing with other people.

It is, in fact, controlled by everyone who uses the bitcoin software to record and validate transactions of the bitcoins, then added to the blockchain across the globe.

The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in 1990 by a British (UK) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee.

Mexico has the world's fifteenth-largest economy by nominal GDP, and the eleventh-largest by PPP.

Chocolate, chilies, and corn are introduced to the world by Mexico.

The Caloris Basin is the largest impact crater on Mercury covering approximately 1,550 km in diameter and was discovered in 1974 by the Mariner 10 probe.

The world's most expensive pancakes are made by the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel's five star Opus restaurant.

Hippopotamuses rest together in the water, but they like to graze by themselves.

Moreover, the Angkor Archaeological Park is very rich in medicinal plants, used by the local population for the treatment of diseases.

Their first pies were based on berries and fruits pointed out to them by the Native North Americans.

By the turn of the 20th century, the pie had been established as a key part of American culture.

Today, apple pie is the most popular flavor in America, followed by pumpkin, chocolate, lemon meringue and cherry - according to the American Pie Council.

By the 1960s, the phrase transformed into "American as apple pie".

Bangkok is by far the largest city in Thailand.

The world famed energy drink Red Bull was created in Bangkok by Chaleo Yoovidhya in 1976.

It is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.

They have few sweat glands so they wisely tend to conserve their energy by resting during the day and become more active at night when it is cooler.

YouTube was founded on February 14th (Valentine's Day!), 2005 by three ex-PayPal employees.

In 1975, by presidential decree, Manila and its contiguous cities and municipalities were integrated to function as a single administrative region, known as Metropolitan Manila.

This concentration of people has been brought about by a constant rural-urban migration.

The city was for the first time mentioned in 1275 by count Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland who gave the people of Amsterdam some more freedom.

Badminton is a popular sport played by two single opponents or two teams.

The court is divided by a net and a shuttlecock is passed back and forth between teams or players with racquets.

Badminton made its Olympic debut at the 1992 games, and it was seen on television by over 1.1 billion people.

The idea of an opportunity cost was first begun by John Stuart Mill.

By choosing to go to university, your opportunity cost is losing your job and your pay check.

An estimate by the OECD put the number of people in the city area of Rome at 3.47 million.

The city is crossed by two rivers: the Tiber, which runs from east to west, and l'Aniene, which runs from north east to north - within the city, it flows into the Tiber.

By contrast, software is instructions that can be stored and ran by hardware.

Hardware is directed by the software to execute any command or instruction.

The template for all modern computers is the Von Neumann architecture, detailed in a 1945 paper by Hungarian mathematician John von Neumann.

Recycling a computer can be made easier by taking out certain reusable parts.

It is surrounded by many forests.

The next time it was captured was by the Nazi Germans in 1940.

It was repealed by the 21st amendment.

It is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.

By definition, fog reduces visibility to less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), whereas mist causes lesser impairment of visibility.

This can occur when the fog layer is lifted and cooled sufficiently, or when it is forcibly compressed from above by descending air.

The thickness of a fog layer is largely determined by the altitude of the inversion boundary, which in coastal or oceanic locals is also the top of the marine layer, above which the air mass is warmer and drier.

While it might seem like a large quantity, by comparison Facebook has an average of 3 million new posts per minute.

While Twitter definitely allows you to "stalk" friends and celebrities by scrolling through their posts and seeing what they've been talking about, it could have been a completely different brand had the name "FriendStalker" won in the end.

The name had been suggested by Evan Williams, one of the co-founders of Twitter.

However, in 2013, the Vatican announced that another way you can achieve this is by following the Pope and keeping up with live events such as the Catholic World Youth Day on Twitter.

While people had questioned and speculated about whether Larry the bird had a name or not, it was confirmed in a tweet by Ryan Sarver, a Twitter manager.

Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish, shellfish and crustaceans.

Most nontoxic aquatic species are exploited for food by humans.

In the United States, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so all edible aquatic life may be referred to as "seafood".

Salmon and tuna are tied as the second most popular seafood consumed by Americans.

The first self-contained unit was introduced by Frigidaire in 1923.

The popular fridge used by the households has the fridge at the bottom part and freezer at the top part.

Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air.

Snowflakes nucleate around particles in the atmosphere by attracting supercooled water droplets, which freeze in hexagonal-shaped crystals.

Over time, accumulated snow metamorphoses, by sintering, sublimation and freeze-thaw.

Snow affects ecosystems, as well, by providing an insulating layer during winter under which plants and animals are able to survive the cold.

The e-Reader innovation had got a revolutionary move by a Spanish woman named Angela Ruiz Robles, in 1949.

The aim for her was to reduce the loads of books that needed to carry by the students.

Her e-Reader was operated by the compressed air.

So, the viability of smartphones and tablets as an e-reader is more encouraged by the people because they search for books to read on their smart devices.

By 2012, this figure had increased to a whopping 23%.

The baguette was one of them, and when Vietnamese tried the baguette they remade it by adding rice flour to the ingredients, which is always available in this agricultural country, made it shorter and baked it in a different way.

But by the 12th century, other ingredients and seasonings began to be added to the pot.

UNESCO declared April 23rd World book and Copyright Day, inspired by La Diada de San Jordi.

The best known of those buildings was designed by Antoni Gaudi.

He was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of Monroe, and he used her in many of his photographs.

The company makes money by taking a cut of the booking fees.

Grab reached out directly to taxi drivers by signing them up at airports, hawker centres, taxi queues, and depots.

Night Droppings or Cecotropes are eaten by the rabbits there and then.

The rabbits can be literally "scared to death" if approached by a predator when they are totally unaware.

Whenever anybody asks me to recommend a place for a good city break my go-to answer is always Amsterdam - there's something for everyone there and I've never known anybody be disappointed by a trip there!

If somebody dies in Amsterdam and is not claimed by any friends or relatives, then they will receive a burial from the state in Amsterdam.

However, 16 years later, she made a determined comeback after becoming fed up with seeing French fashion become dominated by men.

While it does not guarantee you immediate weight loss, the oxidants in the tea help reduce fat digestion by inhibiting various digestive enzymes.

The stock market, then, is a collection of the stock trading done by companies all over the country.

It feeds by hunting.

It is classified as both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The mines placed in the channels between the islands by the US.

Winston Churchill at one point was in danger of a Nazi assassination by an exploding bar of chocolate.

The film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was financed by Quaker Oats to promote its new Wonka Bar candy.

They are easily identified by the presence of a shell, from which their head and limbs protrude.

Ring doughnuts are made by joining the ends of a long, thin piece of dough into a ring or by using a doughnut cutter.

Yeast-raised doughnuts contain about 25% oil by weight.

National Doughnut Day was not created by doughnut manufacturers.

Today it is a Special Administrative Region of China in the eastern Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea.

Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade, and the currency.

This award is organized and announced by Business Traveler Asia Pacific Magazine.

Here we're going to look at some of the world's most expensive foods, obviously, this doesn't list every type of food by any means but I've chosen some of the world's favorites and those that are most common.

The burger sells for $5,000 and is made by Juicy's Foods and Ovations Food services for Juicy's Outlaw Grill, USA.

Neptune was discovered by the astronomers, Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.

The planet was the first to be discovered by mathematical calculations instead of using a telescope.

The planet was visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2 on August 25, 1989.

Neptune once had a huge storm known as the "Great Dark Spot" which was discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2.

Visits by more space probes have been proposed.

Reptiles are cold blooded animals that raise their body temperature by lying in the sun or lower it by crawling into the shade.

Synchronized swimming was popularized by actress Esther Williams in her "aqua musicals" of the 1940s and 1950s.

By 1837, the National Swimming Society was holding regular swimming competitions in six artificial swimming pools, built around London.

The recreational activity grew in popularity and by 1880, when the first national governing body, the Amateur Swimming Association was formed, there were already over 300 regional clubs in operation across the country.

As a privately-held company, details of Bloomberg's financials can be difficult to come by.

However, a report by Business Insider indicated that the company generated more than $10 billion in revenue in 2018.

But Bloomberg is still the go-to service for hundreds of thousands of financial professionals who swear by its ease of use and reliability.

The word software was first used in the late 1960s to emphasize on its difference from computer hardware, which can be physically observed by the user.

This is done by translating and combining computer program source code and libraries into executable RAMs.

In many places such as California and Japan, where earthquakes are common, the government lets the people of the country know when an earthquake is about to strike by sending mobile phone alerts.

Watch the time pass by as you enjoy a stroll in Ueno Park, or wander over to Harajuku for a world of fashion and anime.

Centuries later, cheesecake appeared in America, with a variety of regional recipes brought over by immigrants.

Different variations of this dessert have evolved over time by adding different flavors and toppings, these can range from such flavors as vanilla, spices, chocolate, pumpkin and numerous fruit flavors such as mango, lemon, fig and apricot.

The most expensive cheesecake sold for $4,592.42 (£3,496.44;3,955.57€) and was made by chef Raffaele Ronca (USA) at Ristorante Rafele in New York, NY, USA on October 30, 2017.

The largest cheesecake weighed 4,240 kg (9,347.60 lb) and was created by Cheeseberry Company (Russian Federation), in Stavropol, Russian Federation, on 23 September 2017.

There was a park in Boston that was known as "Adidas Park" by locals where nothing but Adidas brand sneakers was allowed.

Basketball was played by using a soccer ball until 1929.

The court surface is 94 by 50 feet.

In International Basketball Federation rules, the court surface should be around 28 by 15 meters.

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith.

They are also expanding their own technological offerings by including cloud solutions, industry-specific solutions as well as microservices.

A framework enables them to form the structure of a proposed solution and then they simply fill in the gaps by research.

McKinsey is appearing in the limelight by talking on technological topics like creativity and design as well as AI and Robots.

These facilities are there to up the user experience of their clients by testing the implementation of tech strategies.