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Fruit is meant to be a good part of a balanced diet, so even if you do end up spending a few bucks more on your favorite fruit, at least it's for a worthy cause.

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Even something like pineapples, a tropical fruit which can only be grown in certain climates, are still easy to find almost anywhere.

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Thanks to mass production, even after shipping costs they still won't end up being too costly.

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To be fair, that wouldn't be too far off from how things were a few centuries ago.

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To put things into perspective, let's take a step back in time!

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In the 1700's, pineapples used to be a status symbol of wealth.

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In those days, one pineapple would cost today's equivalent to $8,000 dollars!

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The odd strategies used here are reflective of older techniques in order to grow this tropical fruit in a colder climate.

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In fact, the structure these rare pineapples are grown in was unearthed in 1991 and renovated just two years later to a working state.

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How much does it cost to make these pineapples?

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However with the manpower over the course of the 2 years it takes to grow a pineapple, the cost to make each pineapple is $1,300.

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The successfully grown pineapples go right back to the staff who grew them as an appreciation for growing them in the first place.

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The second pineapple ever grown in the Lost Gardens was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II in honor of her 50th wedding anniversary.

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If that's what it takes to get your hand on one of these Victorian-grown pineapples, I wouldn't hold your breath!

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If one of these elusive pineapples were to go up for auction or sale, due to the rarity, ancient technique, time spent growing, and manual labor, these pineapples are worth $16,000!

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Although you will probably never be able to taste one for yourself, staff describes the taste as "deliciously sweet, not stringy, and with an explosive flavor".

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Gradually, more people came to live there.

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Berlin is home to many famous buildings and monuments, like the Siegessäule, the Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the boulevard Unter den Linden.

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Many planes and trains travel to and from Berlin because the city is an important place for tourism and business.

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After the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 very few people were allowed to cross from East Berlin into West Berlin.

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The wall divided the city until 1989 when the East German government decided to allow anyone to cross, and people decided to destroy the wall.

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

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They can tear houses to pieces and often leave people homeless.

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They cause a lot of damage to anything in their path.

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Tornadoes are ranked on the Enhanced Fujita scale, from EF0 to EF5.

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Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.

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The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.

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The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

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It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.

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During most of the 19th century, in fact, the term tennis referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis.

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Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s.

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A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye.

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The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.

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Within five years of the first Walmart opening in Arkansas it expanded to 24 stores in the state and sales reaches $12.6 million.

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The net profit of Walmart in 2014 was $16 billion, which was equal to the gross revenue of the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy around the world.

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Walmart employees often have to use food stamps as well, to make ends meet on their reportedly low wages.

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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.

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In respect to charities and giving back, the Walton family is worth as much as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.

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The Walton family gives about 2% of its wealth to charity and other causes while Warren Buffet gives 78% of his net worth and Bill Gates gives 48% of his net worth.

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The CPU sends signals to control the other parts of the computer, almost like how a brain controls a body.

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The CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called instructions.

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

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Three college students, down on their luck and in rent arrears, plotted, schemed, and grafted away night-after-night in an effort to avoid having their rental lease terminated and keep themselves off the streets.

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With no immediate options available to them to cover their costs, the three of them got creative and decided to rent out an airbed in their apartment to budget-conscious tourists or those simply in need of a safe place to lay their heads.

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This enterprise soon took off, and over time it evolved into the Airbnb we have today, with a little cheeky nod to its birth all those years ago, still in its name.

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Airbnb was formed in San Francisco in 2008, and it's in that very city where Airbnb plays host to it's most loyal customers and fans, with the Sanfranciscan's on average spending five and half days in each property and splashing out a whopping $1,045 for their stay.

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Before they became a massive global success and a license to print money, the company required some start-up cash.

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

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To say Airbnb's growth has been impressive would be an understatement.

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Not bad for three down on their luck guys struggling to pay rent, a little over a decade ago, right?

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Older folk are flocking to the online marketplace, in record numbers, opting for a home-away-from-home experience, instead of the one size fits all, assembly line hotels, which often feel impersonal and lacking in charm.

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And if that sounds impressive, one of them managed to make fifteen and a half million in just twelve months.

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Making Airbnb one of the best businesses for homeowners to get into to not only make some extra cash but possibly change their lives forever.

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There are some fantastic unique places available to rent on Airbnb if you're in an adventurous kind of mood.

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Airbnb currently lists more than fourteen thousand tiny homes, ranging from garden studio apartments to lakeside cabins, igloos, caves, and small boats.

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If a tiny garden studio or an igloo isn't for you, you will be pleased to hear that Airbnb also has some enormous properties for rent on its site.

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From stonewalled Scottish castles to multi-million dollar mansions right the way through to, if you can believe it, your very own private island.

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These properties don't come cheap and are often sold out year-round, so move fast if you have the option to land yourself one of these dream-come-true properties, even if it's just for the night.

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Giving fans the chance to experience a piece of history for themselves;

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These are the kind of number's hotels, and B&B's can only dream of achieving and is a testament to their hard work, attention to detail, and most importantly, their customer service skills.

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It takes our solar system about 230 million years to complete one orbit around the galactic center.

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Beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthermost planet), it takes a long time to leave the Solar System.

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Our solar system is the only one known to support life.

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NASA's Voyager 1 is the only spacecraft so far to leave our solar system.

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It has a stunning array of scenery from the beaches of Qinhuangdao to a desert corridor between tall mountain ranges.

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

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The First Emperor of Qin was not the first to build the Great Wall.

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In the Han Dynasty, the emperors extended the Great Wall far into today's western China to protect Silk Road trade.

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It was designed to be at least three times the height of a man.

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Figuratively this has come to mean 'to get over difficulties before reaching a goal'.

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Badaling Great Wall was the first section of the wall to open for tourists.

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They may be designed to look like humans, in which case their behaviour may suggest intelligence or thought.

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In fiction, however, robots usually look like people, and seem to have a life of their own.

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People have been interested in building machines to do work for us for a long time.

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But it takes time and money to build just one machine, so early ideas were not built.

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Leonardo da Vinci designed a man-shaped machine to look like a knight in 1464.

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The most successful robot designs in the 20th century were not made to look like people.

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The next year, it started work in a factory in New Jersey, lifting and stacking pieces of metal that were too hot for people to touch.

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The engineers could program it, and reprogram it if they had to.

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Many factories use robots to do hard work quickly and without many mistakes.

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They do not look like people, because they are made to do things.

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There are also robots that help at home, to vacuum or run a lawn mower, for example.

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Because it takes a long time to send a radio signal from Earth to another planet, the robots do much of their work alone, without commands from Earth.

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ASIMO is one robot that is helping scientists learn how to design and program robots.

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It can walk, which is not easy to program.

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

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The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as yogurt cultures.

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The most recent etymology of the word yogurt certainly comes from the Turkish language (meaning to knead or mix with a utensil).

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Reason tends to prove this theory, which anyone can check out, quite simply, in the following way : milk left to the open air, naturally transforms itself through the effects of germs, which make it coagulate and ferment.

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As far as Yogurt is concerned, it is easy to isolate the main cause of fermentation in the organisms present in the animal skins used as containers.

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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.

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Yogurt was brought to the US in the early 1900s and steadily increased in popularity as a health food item over the next several decades.

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The brand later expanded to the United States under an Americanized version of the name: Dannon.

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Today, to produce yogurt, milk is first heated, usually to about 85 °C (185 °F), to denature the milk proteins so that they do not form curds.

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After heating, the milk is allowed to cool to about 45 °C (113 °F).

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The bacterial culture is mixed in, and that temperature of 45 °C is maintained for 4 to 12 hours to allow fermentation to occur.

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It goes well on a baguette or biscuit, and the entire experience is akin to eating a small piece of cake.

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Storms have the potential to harm lives and property via storm surge, heavy rain or snow causing flooding or road impassibility, lightning, wildfires, and vertical wind shear.

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Heavy snowfall can allow special recreational activities to take place which would not be possible otherwise, such as skiing and snowmobiling.

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In Australia, lightning accounts for five to ten deaths and more than 100 injuries annually.

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Thai street food is a market place in Thailand where vendors set up stalls to sell food and people buy to enjoy on the go or directly on nearby tables.

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There are many Thai cuisines displayed from noodles to curries, soups to salad, and many sweet desserts.

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Sometimes vendors add wantons, which are small dumplings or meat balls, to the broth.

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Those who enjoy food can also add vinegar to liven the dish.

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This dessert's price range is from 14 cents (US) to as much as $2.

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It's easy to get sucked into mindless scrolling when you're on Instagram, especially if you follow a lot of accounts that post photos and videos of adorable animals.

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But take a moment to stop swiping through those cute dog photos, and check out these insane 30 facts about Instagram - some of these stats may surprise you!

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Initially, Instagram was called Codename, but the name changed to Instagram before it was launched.

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Google makes any homework, research or general collation of information a thousand times easier than a trip to the library.

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All this, whilst allowing you to look anywhere in the world at any point in time, and yet you will still always go straight to your street first.

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Google often settles many arguments in my house and here we are going to look at some mind-boggling facts that will make you want to work, use and learn about Google even more!

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As of 2009, at their Mountain View headquarters, Google rented 200 goats to mow their lawns as a low-carbon alternative from California Grazing.

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Google's new employees are known as Nooglers, they are required to wear blue, yellow and red hats at their first company-wide meeting.

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Whenever I need a new gadget or appliance Samsung comes to mind, from phones to TVs this Korean electrical superpower are market leaders in every area of electronics particularly in the cell phone industry.

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Here we're going to look at 30 facts about the electronics superstar, Samsung.

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Six Flags and Samsung teamed up in 2016 to create North America's first Virtual Reality Rollercoasters which used Samsung Gear VR equipment.

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Following on from this, the pair have started a new collaboration to create a VR game for rollercoaster riders.

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In 2016 Samsung shipped 306 million units worldwide that's an increase of 283.1 million units compared to 2010.

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A site that bestows wonder upon all who make the journey to its soaring heights, this marvel of Inca architecture is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century.

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Despite it being the most preserved archaeological site of the Inca Empire, there are no records of the purposes of Machu Picchu, due to the Inca language being only spoken, not written.

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As a result of this lack of knowledge there have been many wild theories when it comes to Machu Picchu, which is a large reason why it draws so much intrigue.

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When Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the ruins of Machu Picchu in 1911, he was quick to share his discovery with the Western world.

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This is a common misconception largely due to it never being reached Spanish Conquistadors in their invasion of Peru in the 16th Century.

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A laptop is a computer which is easy to carry around.

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Its name comes from lap, as it was deemed to be placed on a person's lap when being used.

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Computer parts were scaled to smaller size so this could happen.

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In 1982, Grid Systems began to make many Grid Compass laptops.

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They were mostly sold to NASA and the Military of the United States.

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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.

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In the late 19th century, after hundreds of years of isolation, Seoul opened its gates to foreigners and began to modernize.

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In addition to its large multinational companies, Seoul's economy is focused on tourism, building, and manufacturing.

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Adidas offered legendary BMX riders Ryan Nyquist and Dave Mirra their own signature sneakers to increase its popularity amongst BMX riders.

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Interestingly enough, the games were to serve as a display of Aryan superiority for Hitler's fascistic regime.

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They were also the only line in the series to feature a golden Trefoil on the sneaker's tongue.

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Adidas created its 'Adilette' line of sandals specifically to protect soccer players from diseases that can be contracted in communal showers.

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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.

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An "entanglement of kittens" is another name, as it's often hard to tell where one kitten ends and another begins when they're playing!

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Patting a cat has been proven to release oxytocin, which lowers stress levels.

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Some cats have a slightly different purr for when they're hungry, and mother cats also use their purr to communicate with their newly birthed kittens.

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Most unexpectedly, cats sometimes purr when they're injured, and it's been suggested their purr actually helps their body to heal faster!

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While kittens can drink their mother's milk, feeding them cow's milk could be very dangerous to their health.

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Otters are born with their eyes closed, and as soon as they open they have a lot to learn like swimming and hunting.

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

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Nowadays this technique is still practiced in Bangladesh, where trained otters are used to chase fish into fishing nets.

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These otters don't just do this to be incredibly adorable though.

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It's quite common for a mother and her pup to hold each other's hands so that they don't drift away from each other while they sleep.

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Like humans, horses have different facial expressions to express their moods.

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Unlike many other mammals, it is impossible for horses to vomit.

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A hand is equivalent to four inches.

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Horses can be bred to make a different species.

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While zebras and horses are often considered to be totally different animals, they can breed with each other to create "zebroids".

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However, many people have noted that a large percentage of celebrity followers are often fake accounts, and Justin Bieber's following is only thought to be 50% real accounts.

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In addition to the issue of real and fake accounts, many users on Twitter who follow celebrities are not very active or have ceased to use Twitter completely.

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Jack Dorsey, one of Twitter's co-founders, was the first person to post anything to Twitter.

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Back in the day, the founders would refer to it as "twttr," following the trend of the early 2000's in removing the vowels and shortening the word.

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In 2007, Twitter started to experience big growth, and its communications and media team would take advantage of popular conference and events in order to maximize usage and get more people to sign up.

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After Bingham returned to Machu Picchu in 1912 and started excavating the site, he made the suggestion that it was used as a sanctuary for Virgins of the Sun, of the Inca religion.

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It's no small surprise though, as the fabled mountain citadel was originally thought to be a sanctuary for the Chosen Women, who among other duties often ended up as human sacrifices.

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Since its rediscovery there have been a range of theories as to the purpose of Machu Picchu.

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Based off all available evidence and the style in which Machu Picchu was constructed there is just one theory which is believed to be most likely.

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This theory states that it was a palace for the then ruler of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, who reigned from 1438 to 1471.

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A seismograph is a machine that is used to measure the strength and the length of an earthquake.

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You might be wondering what in the world a tsunami has to do with an earthquake, well read on and find out more.

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With a tsunami, the water flows straight, and this is what causes these frightening things to happen.

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It would not be cool to see a tsunami heading in your direction, you certainly wouldn't be able to outrun it!

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

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Home to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and the 2016 Olympic games, Rio is a city not to be missed.

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You love discovering diversified cultures with unique architectures, so come to Barcelona, Spain!

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If you want to see the colorful walls featured on many advertisements for Barcelona, head to Park Güell.

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Don't forget to try churros, tapas and paella while you're there, and head over to the Magic Fountain for a romantic or relaxing evening to finish off the day.

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The Royal Tombs provide a great way to see the city from a height - climb to the top and take some holiday snaps to make your friends jealous!

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Everything on this car is designed to be the most efficient it can be.

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This amazing coating, called Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave, not only makes up most of the price it also sparkles when the sunlight hits and has been compared to millions of tiny diamonds.

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Only 2 of these vehicles were ever made due to the time needed to produce them.

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When it comes to cars, like all forms of transport, there are always people searching for the next level whether that's technological, raw speed or pure indulgence (like diamond-encrusted headlights?!).

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But the technology these vehicles are producing and pioneering will eventually (hopefully) filter down to "normal" vehicles like the ones we all can afford, albeit slightly less fancy and probably a dumbed down version.

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If you've ever been to Amsterdam then you will know you can't walk for more than five minutes without crossing a bridge or seeing a canal!

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As the village grew into a town and then a city, the network of canals running through it was further formed and shaped to help transport and trade - both with the outside world and within the city.

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There are that many museums in Amsterdam that even Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has a museum in it - making it the only airport in the world to have a museum!

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It is located behind the initial passport control sections and is free for everyone to enter.

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As those who are lucky enough to have visited Amsterdam will tell you, there are bicycles everywhere!

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

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The video to reach the most views in the first day of being uploaded is the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2.

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

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In Thailand, YouTube was blocked for 5 months in 2007 due to a 44 second video that showed pictures of the king being defaced.

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There is a program to scan for copyright infringement called Automated Content ID - it scans over 100 years of video every day.

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So they turned to eBay in hope of finding some second hand parts for their machinery.

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Due to the stop in production, they used eBay as a tool to search for sellers who might have listed items or parts from the same machines.

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The sometimes blinding and glaring yellow background was the original design for the interface of eBay and it was used up until the site changed to white.

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Due to a high volume of complaints after they changed to white, eBay respected their customers choice, so they changed it back to the bright yellow.

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But in a slow passive aggressive manner over time, they faded the yellow color until it eventually was back to being white.

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The river spoiled fairly quickly due to the cream and the cast said it stank.

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Instead she created chocolate chip cookies, and later sold the idea to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.

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Lays sold limited edition crisps covered in milk chocolate said to have a "salty-sweet combination, along with the texture contrast of warm melted chocolate and a crunchy chip".

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One chocolate chip gives an adult enough food energy to walk 150 feet.

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It takes the whole of one year's crop from one tree to make half a kilo of cocoa.

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

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Now, this does excite me, who doesn't love the idea of jumping in your car and sitting back as it travels you across the country to wherever you're heading, but how far away are we actually from the dream?

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What steps have we already reached and what's to come?

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Well, that's what we're here to find out.

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First, we have to look at the pioneers in this automotive field, pushing the boundaries, trying to reach an otherwise impossible dream.

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Or maybe your mind goes straight to the elusive yet infamous Loch Ness monster!

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Due to the amount of rain it gets (about half of the year - sometimes more!), Scotland also boasts magnificent landscapes and countless lakes along with its rich history.

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Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, was the first city in the world to have its own fire brigade.

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To get there, you can either take a 7-mile ferry or hike 1 mile over rough terrain.

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They were produced in a New Jersey factory, but due to the high demand, they had to be moved to even bigger premises.

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During the war years, M&M's were sold only to the military, which meant that the everyday chocolate-lover didn't get to sample the glorious candy until the war ended in 1945.

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They combined their surnames and used the initials to create the household name that we know and love today.

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The color was changed to white in 1954 - the same year that peanut M&M's were introduced.

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Smarties were developed in 1937, and when Forrest Mars saw that the outer shell prevented the inner chocolate filling from melting, he decided to come up with a similar product.

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You can send money with little to no fees.

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If you want to send money to a friend in Thailand and you were in the United Kingdom, you'd likely have to pay bank transfer fees, currency conversion fees, and more.

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Additionally, your friend may have to wait a few days before the money is available.

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With bitcoins, there are little to no transaction fees and the money is available almost instantly!

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However, it's impossible for people to take money from your wallet without you giving it to them.

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In New York, Samsung has a building called 837, known as a digital playground it's dedicated to showing off Samsung kit, from a huge theater display made of ninety-six 55" screens to a VR Tunnel and family-focused Playroom using Galaxy View.

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Samsung is very focused on sustainability, in 2015 they began working with the UN to ensure 17 Sustainable Development Goals are met between 2016 and 2030 these include gender equality, ending hunger through sustainable agriculture, and combating climate change.

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In 2014, a man killed his Thai girlfriend in their home with a Samsung Tablet after forbidding her to go on Facebook.

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Samsung was established in 1938 which is exactly 38 years prior to Apple.

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In January 2017, Lee Jae-yong Samsung's Chief, was questioned as part of South Korea's largest political corruption scandal according to the BBC over accusations of questionable donations.

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432 people own half of the land in Scotland, however, there are outdoor access laws that allow privately owned land to be freely walked on and used as long as you leave no trace behind.

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Scotland wanted to build a replica of the Parthenon, bigger and cheaper to be their National Monument.

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Construction started in 1826, but due to the lack of funds, was left unfinished in 1829.

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

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Scottish people are more likely to have blue eyes than anyone else in the rest of the United Kingdom.

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Berlin is home to many famous buildings and monuments, like the Siegessäule, the Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the boulevard Unter den Linden.

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Tornadoes are ranked on the Enhanced Fujita scale, from EF0 to EF5.

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If you love this Christmas candy, or just want to learn more, check out these 15 cool facts about candy canes.

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Sugar is only found in high enough concentrations from two plants to make sugar crystals for food consumption: sugarcane and sugar beets.

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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.

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Consuming too many calories is what causes a person to gain weight, regardless of where the calories are found.

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Sugarcane is a species of grass native to Southeast Asia.

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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, sugarcane is the world's largest crop.

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Australia is a fascinating country - home to many amazing wildlife and views, with famous buildings and landmarks which plenty of travelers long to see.

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Whether it's close to you or very far from home, here are some awesome facts about this incredible place.

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There are no Bills of Rights in this country, making it the only Western country to omit this from its governmental system.

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There are so many different types of species in Australia that only 25% of them have been discovered and are known to humans.

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Want to go a Burger King?

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NASA's Voyager 1 is the only spacecraft so far to leave our solar system.

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Unfortunately for those who are not so tech-savvy, the integration of the internet into our daily lives has allowed the financial world to evolve.

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In addition to extensive banking, payment, and stock options that have become the norm online, there are also new currencies that have been created.

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These cryptocurrencies, digital currencies with encryptions to maintain security and validity, feature a real value and can be exchanged for USD, GBP, or any other type of physical currency through online options.

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The most popular type of virtual currency is known as Bitcoin and has steadily begun to rise in popularity and strength over the years.

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At first glance, Bitcoin may sound confusing, however below are ten facts that will truly explain in layman's terms what exactly bitcoin is and how it came to be.

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More deaths occur when strong winds cause tree limbs to fall, debris to become projectiles and small boats in open water to capsize.

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This is a major tourist attraction and free visitor tickets are given to the public every morning at 4 am.

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Tokyo is home to some of the most expensive and acclaimed restaurants in the world.

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Japan is home to thousands of temples, but the oldest of them all is the Sensō-ji Temple in Tokyo.

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Tourists can take advantage of tax free shopping, which is available to foreign tourists at licensed stores when making purchases of over 5000 yen.

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Its name translates to cooked cream, but it is actually not cooked that much.

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Milk and cream, plus sugar and flavorings are cooked together for a brief period of time, and then added to a thickening agent (most often gelatin).

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While many European custards get their firmness from adding eggs, gelatin makes panna cotta difficult to mess up, and eliminates the possibility that you will end up scrambling your eggs in hot custard mix.

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The only thing you need know about this dessert besides the recipe is that you will need to prepare the dessert in advance so it has time to chill.

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It's also a good idea to purchase ramekins so that you can create individual serving sizes.

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Today, people can pay money to access the Internet from internet service providers.

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Some services on the Internet cost nothing to use.

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Sometimes people who offer these free services use advertising to make money.

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The second biggest use of the Internet is to send and receive email.

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Email is private and goes from one user to another.

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Sprite is the leading Lemon and Lime soft drink worldwide, a younger offshoot of the Coca-Cola branch, Sprite has existed for over 50 years to date.

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Sprite was developed in West Germany in 1959 as 'Fanta Klare Zitrone' (Clear Lemon Fanta) and introduced to the United States as Sprite in 1961.

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Sprite was manufactured as Coca-Cola's response to the popularity of 7 Up.

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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.

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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.

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They are ratites, a useful grouping of medium to large flightless birds.

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There used to be ostriches in Middle East in the 20th century and, further back, also in Asia.

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Computers can be connected together to form networks, allowing connected computers to communicate with each other.

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The two principal characteristics of a computer are: It responds to a specific instruction set in a well defined manner and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions call a program.

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Being able to calculate many times per second allows modern computers to multitask, which means they can do many different tasks at the same time.

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Computers can be designed to do almost anything with information.

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

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It has to be that good if the big boys of the smartphone world are even using it, including Google, HTC, LG and Samsung to name a few.

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Today we're here to look at 25 amazing facts about this undeniably successful and impressive piece of software.

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Android is actually open-source which means that individuals have the option to modify source code of the OS and manufacturers can add features.

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In 2010 Sony Ericsson's LiveView watch was released, the device linked to Android phones to show and control things like the Twitter feeds, texts and media player.

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Phandroid is a website dedicated to anything Android including news, reviews and forums.

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The Aztecs adopted human sacrifice from earlier cultures (such as the Olmecs) because they believed the universe would come to an end and the sun would cease to move without human blood.

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The Aztecs played ritual ball game known as tlachtli in which the losers were often sacrificed to the gods.

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The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States.

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

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Mexico is home to over 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is a popular tourist destination.

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He was president from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War.

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Lincoln was the first president of the United States to be assassinated.

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Lincoln has been remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to end slavery in the United States.

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Although slavery was legal in Kentucky at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

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When Lincoln was seven years old, his family moved to Indiana.

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This is called "soccer" in North America, South Africa, and Australia to avoid confusion with other types of football that are commonly played there.

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It is named football because the players of the game walk and often run (on their feet) while playing, as opposed to (for example) polo where the players ride horses.

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Some elements of football have been seen in many countries, dating back to the second and third century AD in China.

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Kicking a ball goes back to the Middle Ages.

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Association football spread to many other parts of Europe, and was brought to the rest of the world with colonization.

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It cannot be easily seen as it is usually too close to the Sun.

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Compared to what is known about the other planets in the Solar System, little is known about Mercury.

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The BepiColombo spacecraft is planned to arrive at Mercury in 2025.

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Any crater larger than 250 kilometres in diameter is referred to as a Basin.

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EBay has been around for years and has become an everyday tool to use to shop and auction your unwanted things online.

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How has it become one of the biggest ways to sell items online?

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Here are 10 exciting facts about eBay that will leave you wanting to discover some of the mysteries people list online.

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It wasn't until the website was getting too much traffic that he decided to launch as a business and re-branding it as eBay.

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The first item to be sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.

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They may be large or small, eaten as snack food or as part of a meal, their fillings differing from region to region.

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Spring rolls differ faintly from place to place.

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Spring rolls originated in China and the history of these rolls can be dated back to Eastern Jin dynasty.

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These cakes were specially made to mark the beginning of spring and eventually started being called "spring dish".

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Gradually, at the time of Ming and Qing dynasties, the cake got transformed to rolls and the name changed from spring dish to spring rolls.

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Famously, he is said to have realised a principle of mathematics when he saw the displaced water after getting in the bath.

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He then returned to Syracuse where he became famed as both a mathematician, inventor, astronomer and philosopher.

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He continued to correspond with mathematicians back in Alexandria, and even during his lifetime, he gained a strong reputation for being a mathematical genius.

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Archimedes was close to the ruler of Syracuse, King Hiero II who employed Archimedes in the defence of the city against the Roman invasion.

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Archimedes work on the lever led to one of his most famous statements.

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If you want to know some interesting facts about cheese, you've come to the right place, here are 20 awesome cheesy facts!

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'Cheese' comes from the Latin word 'caseus', which has been found to mean 'to ferment/to sour'.

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The yellow to red coloring of cheese is done through the addition of annatto (tropical tree seeds).

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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.

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Cheese production can be dated back to 8000 BCE when sheep when first domesticated.

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With travel to Bali Indonesia at an all time high so comes the need for information.

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The incredible temples and religion of Bali, coupled with the partying, surfing, and deep Bali history, continues to draw in tourists year after year.

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It's comparable in size to neighboring Brunei, but it would take you days to circle the island in a car or motorbike.

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Most tour companies offer day trips that will take 9-10 hours to complete just to the north and back.

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Before you travel to Bali Indonesia you should know it has two seasons, wet and dry.

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Mars is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the reddish iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye.

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Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system.

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The Ancient Greeks made pancakes called Tagenias, which translate to "frying pan".

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The earliest references to pancakes are in the poems of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes.

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Romans ate sweet and savoury dishes called Alita dolcia that were made from milk, flour, eggs and spices and were very similar to pancakes.

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In France, people like to make a wish before flipping their pancakes.

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Pancakes outnumber the waffle five to one.

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It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data.

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You may already know that you can use a computer to type documents, send email, play games, and browse the Web.

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You can also use it to edit or create spreadsheets, presentations, and even videos.

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Desktop computers are designed to be placed on a desk, and they're typically made up of a few different parts, including the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

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Laptops are battery powered computers that are more portable than desktops, allowing you to use them almost anywhere.

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If you love cats, you're in for a treat today as here we have some cat facts you won't want to miss!

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Have you ever wanted to overload yourself with an enormous amount of awesome facts about cats and kittens?

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If the answer is yes, you're in luck, because from this point onward cat facts is all we're going to be talking about!

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A 2019 survey of US households found there to be around 94.2 million pet cats, while there were only 89.7 million pet dogs.

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

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You might have cows and chickens to give you milk and eggs.

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You might have pigs to give you meat.

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You might not ever need to go to a grocery store for food.

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If someone else didn't make the hoes and the rakes and the tractors that your family uses, you wouldn't be able to produce all that food.

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Farmers today usually specialize in one or a few kinds of food that they grow to sell to other people.

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To ensure that they stay dry they must spend a significant portion of the day grooming themselves, coating their fur in saliva.

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There are 13 known species of otters, which range in size from 2.9 feet (90 cm) all the way to 5.9 feet (1.8 m) long!

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Otters are known to be pretty incredible hunters, living off a diet of mostly seafood.

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Sea otters are known for their remarkable ability to use rocks to smash open shellfish to fill their stomachs.

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They may sometimes come to shore, but they spend the majority of time in the water, hanging around kelp forests.

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They can grow to be 15 feet long and weigh 3,000 pounds.

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A hippo can live for up to 40 years.

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Male hippos seem to keep on growing for their whole lives.

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This means that even though it usually lives on the land, it spends a great amount of time in rivers and lakes where males lead groups of 5 to 30 females and young.

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They give birth to baby hippos in the water, too.

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They work as a computer but are mobile devices small enough to fit in a user's hand.

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Another way to think of them is that they are PDAs that can make voice calls like any other mobile phone.

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Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to fit into a phone.

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Modern phone makers have been able to use smaller parts.

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Because smartphones are small computers, they run an operating system that is often common between devices to ensure compatibility.

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A perfect example of technological advancement and the filtering down of military grade high-tech equipment to the masses.

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Here we're going to look at 15 fun and interesting facts about the world of drones.

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Amazon are seriously considering the use of drones in its daily delivery, the Prime Air service is said to be able to deliver packages within 30 minutes via UAV's.

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Although not lifesaving, the idea is similar to that of those used in remote areas, delivering the product as quickly and as hot as possible.

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The first country to build drones was Israel, with Israel Aerospace Industries heading the charge in terms of export numbers.

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This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội an phố (the town of Hội an), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".

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Hoi an Ancient Town is recognized as a historic trading port with a mix of indigenous and foreign influences, dating back to the 15th century.

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Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.

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The town reflects a fusion of indigenous and foreign cultures (principally Chinese and Japanese with later European influences) that combined to produce this unique survival.

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It comprises a grid of streets with one axis parallel to the river and the other axis of streets and alleys set at right angles to it.

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Someone who owes more money than he or she can pay all at once is said to be "carrying debt".

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The more debt you have, the less people will want to give you things without your paying full price for them.

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It's far more likely that you the car-buyer or house-buyer will have to borrow money from a bank (or a friend) in order to buy that house or car.

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The very name credit card suggests that you don't have enough money to pay for whatever you use the credit card to buy.

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The city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries.

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UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging program to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.

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With impressive monuments, several different ancient urban plans, and large water reservoirs, the site is a unique concentration of features testifying to an exceptional civilization.

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Temples such as Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Preah khan, and Ta Prohm, exemplars of Khmer architecture, are closely linked to their geographical context as well as being imbued with symbolic significance.

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The architecture and layout of the successive capitals bear witness to a high level of social order and ranking within the Khmer Empire.

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Horses are beautiful creatures to look at, and thousands of fanatics enjoy riding them or showing them every year.

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Here are some important (and some very interesting!) facts you might like to know about horses.

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The oldest horse lived over twice as long than he was supposed to.

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Horses which have been tamed usually live to be around 25 years old.

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A group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time - at least one of them will stay awake to watch out for the others.

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Here we're going to look at the top 30 interesting facts about eagles.

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The eagle is known to be one of the strongest birds able to carry the heaviest loads, with one being recorded carrying 15 lbs (6.8 kg).

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Eagles vary in length, weight and other dimensions due to their environments in many cases.

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The eagle featured on US currency was modeled on a real bald eagle named Peter who used to live on top of the US Mint.

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Eagles have been used in the police and the army several times, and in The Netherlands, eagles were trained to help control drones.

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Jupiter is classified as a gas giant, both because it is so large and due to the fact that it is made up mostly of gas.

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It was known to the ancient Romans, who named it after their god Jupiter, for causing lightning strikes on Earth.

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When there is more supply, this will cause prices to fall because people will not want to pay more for items that can be found easily.

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When there is more demand, prices will go up because many people want to buy the same item but there is not enough supply for it.

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It uses software to produce images, sounds and other sensations to create a different place.

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That other place can be a real place (to take a tour in another country, for instance) or imaginary (playing a game).

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It's actually a way of allowing a person to completely submerse themselves in a game, movie or scene and is pretty genius.

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A user uses a headset which consists of a screen- to project the content, and speakers - to produce sounds.

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The technology to do this needs special display screens or projectors and other devices.

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The family were wealthy but, remembering the challenges of the Great depression, they encouraged their children to work hard and take nothing for granted.

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However, Gates was more interested in pursuing his own coding, and when he saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped out of Harvard without finishing his course.

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Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1976 when he formed a contract with Mits (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers.

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It soon became a best seller and was able to capture the majority of the operating system market share.

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This version of Windows has been the backbone of all future releases from Windows 2000 to the latest Xp and Vista.

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In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and the evolution of Quantum Theory.

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After contributing to the theoretical development of nuclear physics and encouraging FD Roosevelt to start the Manhattan Project, he later spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons.

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

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He applied for admission to the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

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While working at the Patent Office, Einstein continued his own scientific discoveries and began radical experiments to consider the nature of light and space.

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There are claims to the first chippie from Lancashire in the North and London in the South of England.

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No matter who may have opened the first fish and chip shop, the trade grew to feed a rapidly expanding population, reaching a staggering 35,000 shops in the 1930s and more than tripling since then.

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The National Federation of Fish Friers in the UK claims that in 1995 the British consumed 300 million servings of fish and chips, equating to six servings for every man woman and child in the country.

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When it comes to the chip, a floury potato is best-waxy potatoes can often result in greasy chips.

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Often referred to as the Chinese ravioli, wontons are a variety of thin-skinned dumplings with meat, seafood or vegetable filling enclosed in tender wheat dough wrappers.

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Many sources suggest that the origins of wontons date back to the Han dynasty era.

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They used to be prepared for the Chinese ancestor worship rituals as offerings to the spirits of the deceased.

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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.

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Further to the south, people make their wontons with egg wrappers and fill them with a combination of pork and shrimp, while in Cantonese cuisine, wontons are often served as an appetizer, deep fried and smothered in sweet and sour sauce.

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English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer.

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They use cinnamon and lemon juice in the pie to make it taste better.

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The Pilgrim fathers and early settlers brought their pie recipes with them to America, adapting to the ingredients and techniques available to them in the New World.

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

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They will definitely give a different flavor to the pie.

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To the outside world, the capital of Thailand has long been known as Bangkok, but this is not what the Thai people call it.

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In fact, it's roughly 8.2 million population is close to 13% of the entire population of Thailand.

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Even if the city does seem horrendously busy and overcrowded, bear in mind that Bangkok is relatively small (population-wise) when compared to other major cities of the world.

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The Chao Phraya River is as important as the River Thames is to London in defining the city's geography.

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The Chao Phraya River runs right through the heart of Bangkok and serves as a great way for locals and tourists to get around the city.

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Saturn takes 29.6 years on Earth to revolve around the Sun.

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Lions are the only big cats to live in groups, called prides.

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They work together to defend territory and hunt.

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The females in the pride tend to do the majority of the hunting.

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They work as a group and use intelligent hunting tactics to catch prey which they would not be able to catch alone as they are faster than them.

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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.

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Most of us use their website or app on a daily basis, whether it's for going from video to video until you end up watching conspiracy theories, or just to entertain ourselves with cute cat videos.

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Initially, YouTube was created to be a video dating site called "Tune In Hook Up.".

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YouTube opened a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use - but only if you have at least 10,000 subscribers.

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The oldest cat video on YouTube is dated back to 1894.

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Every minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.

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The city's name, originally Maynilad, is derived from that of the nilad plant, the name was shortened first to Maynila and then to its present form.

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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.

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Measures have been taken, however, to ameliorate those problems.

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Consequently, various government policies and resettlement projects have been implemented in an effort to address the problem of population density.

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Private insurance companies and the Philippine Stock Exchange also contribute to the mobilization of savings for investment.

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Like other big cities in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world, Amsterdam is unfortunately subjected to many criminal activities.

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The city became a major trading port pretty soon, with a successful trading route to the Baltic Sea.

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Because the city basically lies in swamp, the builders of the city had to dig canals to use the digging ground for getting the living ground higher.

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The city was one of the first cities in Western Europe to be fairly democratic: Wealthy citizens chose the leaders of the city.

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When the city of Antwerp fell to the Spanish in 1585, many people of Antwerp fled to Amsterdam.

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They do not live in thick forests where it is difficult to see predators, such as lions, approaching.

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When the female is close to giving birth, it leaves the group for a time to give birth to its offspring, and comes back 2-3 weeks after her baby is born.

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After a pregnancy of 14-15 months, the female gives birth to usually a single baby (which is called "calf").

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The term disposable income comes from the idea that you have money left over to dispose of, or spend, as you wish.

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A person or family can make a budget for the month based on disposable income and know exactly how much money they will have that month to spend on things like rent or mortgage, food, insurance, car payments, and entertainment.

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It's always a good idea to save money.

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You never know when you're going to need money to pay for unexpected things, such as a birthday present for a friend or medical costs related to an accident.

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If you don't have any money set aside as savings, you will have a difficult time paying your other bills because you will have to borrow some of what you've earmarked for food to pay hospital beds.

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Black tear shaped streaks on the face help to reflect the sun when hunting.

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Adults weigh around 46 to 158 pounds (21-72 kg).

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Cheetahs have between 2,000 and 3,000 spots, which help them to camouflage themselves.

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Previously, cheetahs were wide spread across African and Asian continents, but now they are confined mostly to dry open grasslands of Sub Saharan Africa, with the majority inhabiting natural reserves or parks.

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Cheetahs have evolved to live in an environment where water is scarce, and can survive on one drink every three to four days.

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The origins of badminton can be traced back to the 1800s in India, where stationed members of the British military developed the sport.

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In 1934, the International Badminton Federation was established as a formal governing body that continues to oversee the sport around the world.

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When players are playing a badminton match, their Wilson racquets are not allowed to make contact with the net.

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It takes about 16 feathers to make the shuttlecock.

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Before badminton was called "badminton," it was referred to as shuttlecock and battledore.

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The utility has to be more than the opportunity cost for it to be a good choice in economics.

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For example, opportunity cost is how much leisure time we give up to work.

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Because leisure and income are both valued, we have to decide whether to work, or do what we want.

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Going to work implies more income but less leisure.

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Another example is deciding to stop work to go back to university.

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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.

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There is a fast train that goes between the airport and the city center, the Leonardo Express, and many commuter railway lines to the nearby suburbs, along with long distance trains to other cities in Italy.

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

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They consist of an arithmetic logic unit and processor registers, a control unit containing an instruction register and program counter, a memory to store both data and instructions, external mass storage, and input and output mechanisms.

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The meaning of the term has evolved to mean a stored-program computer in which an instruction fetch and a data operation cannot occur at the same time because they share a common bus.

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This is referred to as the Von Neumann bottleneck and often limits the performance of the system.

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When using computer hardware, an upgrade means adding new hardware to a computer that improves its performance, adds capacity or new features.

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If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 12 million people.

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Until 1970, daily rum rations were given to British Sailors for over 300 years.

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The 18th amendment triggered prohibition making it illegal to transport, manufacture and sell alcohol within the United States.

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The phrase "rule of thumb" derives from the fact that brewers would use their thumb to determine if the liquid was at ideal temperature to add yeast.

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During prohibition, wine growers sold grape juice warning buyers not to follow a detailed set of instructions to turn it into wine.

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Contrary to urban legend, Jagermeister does not contain elk blood, however the founder was an avid hunter, and the name Jagermeister literally translates to "hunt master".

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

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Fog begins to form when water vapor condenses into tiny liquid water droplets that are suspended in the air.

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Water vapor normally begins to condense on condensation nuclei such as dust, ice, and salt in order to form clouds.

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Fog, like its elevated cousin stratus, is a stable cloud deck which tends to form when a cool, stable air mass is trapped underneath a warm air mass.

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However, fog can form at lower humidities, and can sometimes fail to form with relative humidity at 100%.

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This equates to more than 500 million tweets per day - that's a lot of words!

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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.

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Noah Glass, another co-founder, later began searching a dictionary for words similar to "Twitch" and came across Twitter.

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According to the Vatican, you're a better person if you follow the Pope on Twitter.

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The Vatican and the Catholic Church claims there are many things you can do to reduce your time spent in purgatory and become a better person.

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Even those with toxic properties, such as certain blowfish, can be prepared so as to circumvent harm to the consumer.

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Historically, marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals have been eaten as food, though that happens to a lesser extent in modern times.

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In medieval times, seafood was less prestigious than other animal meats, and often seen as merely an alternative to meat on fast days.

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The original type of sushi, nare-zushi, was first developed in Southeast Asia and then spread to southern China before its introduction to Japan sometime around the 8th century AD .

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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".

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The rate of spoilage will be decreased significantly when the foods are kept inside the fridge due to the low level of bacteria reproduction.

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The perishable food storage usually maintains the temperature at 37 to 41 degrees F or 3 to 5 degrees C .

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Due to the presence of a fridge, it is a common item to have.

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In America, people often used the term icebox to call a refrigerator.

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In 1930s, refrigerator market was expanded due to the introduction of freon in 1920s.

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Where the climate is cold enough for year-to-year accumulation, a glacier may form.

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In the Southern Hemisphere, snow is confined primarily to mountainous areas, apart from Antarctica.

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Agriculture: providing water to crops and safeguarding livestock;

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

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For the wide collections, easy accessibility and reading and learning proficiency of eBooks, people are getting more attached to eBooks.

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

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She wanted to reduce student's hassle of carrying so many books.

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This e-reader also contains a magnifying glass to read in a larger font, a backlight to read at night and an audio player to read with an electronic voice.

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So, to be an author of a best-selling book, the author needs to make a quality book.

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Banh mi first came to Vietnam through French soldiers during the French colonization with the name 'baguette', but Vietnamese Banh mi usually has a fluffier texture and crispier crust than the French baguette due to the baking tools and techniques used.

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In the 1860s, when France laid their first steps in Vietnam to start their invasion, the bread made from wheat flour also arrived in Vietnam.

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At that time, a baguette was an expensive dish, which was only served to the upper class or French, because wheat could not be planted in Vietnam due to the tropical weather and imported wheat flour was very expensive.

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Nevertheless, when World War I began a lot of French had to go back home for the war and the price of French food suddenly decreased.

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Vietnamese could eat these foods which they did not have the chance to before.

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Peacocks are among the most fascinating and beautiful creatures on earth, but there are so many things that we fail to realize about these breathtaking birds.

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The word "peacock" does not actually apply to both the male and female birds.

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When they are domesticated, some will live up to 50 years.

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However, in the wild where life is riskier, peacocks and peahens generally live up to 20 years.

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The birds are sometimes seen doing this in the wild to protect themselves from a predator.

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Although many people get a chill through their spine at the very mention of the word pickles, Koreans have found a way to make fermented pickled vegetables interesting, tasty and titillating.

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A classic starter or a side dish to any Korean meal, these spicy, salty, sweet and sour vegetables known as kimchi start their way sliced, tied in bundles.

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It was originally called chimchae, literally translated to soaked vegetables.

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

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Due to its sharp and pungent odor, it is traditionally fermented outdoors, buried in barrels or crock pots.

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It was a great opportunity to improve the city.

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Many new parks were opened and other significant changes to the city were made.

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Barcelona is home to football team FC Barcelona.

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Home to over 700 cannabis clubs, it's no surprise Spain is often referred to as "Holland of the South".

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Barcelona is home to one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers.

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In 1943, her husband left to join the Merchant Marines to participate in America's War effort.

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To earn a living, Marilyn took a job at a local munitions factory in Burbank, California.

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Photographer David Conover was covering the munitions factory to show women at work for the War effort.

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This enabled her to start a career as a model, and she was soon featured on the front of many magazine covers.

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1946 was a pivotal year for Marilyn, she divorced her young husband and changed her name from, the boring, Norma Baker to the more glamorous Marilyn Monroe (a combination of a 20's star Marilyn Miller with Monroe, her mother's maiden name.).

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In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery and digital payments services via mobile app.

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The company was originally founded in Malaysia and later moved its headquarters to Singapore.

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The Grab app assigns taxis and private hire cars to nearby commuters through a location-sharing system.

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Each time the company enters a new market, they buy smartphones for drivers in countries that they expand to, allowing those drivers to pay daily instalments for the phone.

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

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A rabbit can easily live up to 10 years, if properly taken care of.

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The rabbits can make sounds that are very similar to that of a cat.

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For assisting in digestion they need hay which helps them to prevent forming of fur balls in stomach.

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Rabbits easily suffer heat stroke and therefore prefer to live in cool places.

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Rabbits start breeding at an early age, when they are three to four months old!

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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!

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So I couldn't turn down the chance to share some of the interesting things I know about my favorite city with you all, could I?

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Due to the thick layer of fen and clay present in the soil of the city, all the city's buildings were erected on wooden poles that are fixed into a sandy layer of the ground over 35 feet deep!

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Widely regarded prior to this as the economic and cultural "capital" of the Netherlands, Amsterdam was only officially recognized as the capital in the early 80s.

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Before this, despite a lack of clarity on the country's actual capital, Den Haag (The Hague) was considered to be the capital of the Netherlands as this is where the government resided (and still do to this day), making it the country's hub of political power.

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She was the only designer to be listed in the Time 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century.

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Chanel was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew.

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She quickly gained a rising reputation for being on the forefront of fashion, and her initial success encouraged her to start another shop in Biarritz which prospered as a venue for the wealthy during the First World War.

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The perfume was launched in 1921 and had its place in history secured when Marilyn Monroe was asked what she wore to bed and she answered "Just a few drops of Chanel No 5″.

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If you're new to this beverage or a lifelong drinker, then these facts on green tea will have you reaching for the kettle!

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The plant is a small leaf bush, with multiple stems, that can reach up to three meters in length.

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These time periods are: April to May, June to July, and, July to August.

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Interestingly, the first crop in May tends to produce a longer shelf life and a better flavor.

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Some measure out two grams of tea and add it to their cup, which contains 100 ml of hot water.

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Stock is an investment that people pay to a company because they believe that that company will make money.

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Many companies sell shares of stock, and they depend on the money they get for these shares of stock to pay their bills.

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Well, you probably don't have a lot of money to go spending on expensive stocks.

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Your older family members are more likely to own stocks.

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But it always help to know what they're talking about.

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The black stripes usually extend to the white underside.

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The stripes are used to keep them camouflaged while hunting.

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Males can grow to at least 6 feet (1.8 metres) long (body length) and weigh about 500 lb (230 kg).

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Halong Bay is approximately 579 square miles in size and is home to approximately 1600 fishermen who live in floating villages.

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Many of the islands are untouched due to their steep edges and heights which make it too dangerous to explore.

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Some of the islets (small islands) rise from the water to heights of up to 330 feet.

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The height to width ratio of many of these islets is 6:1.

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Many are open to visitors but a number of others are not in an attempt to preserve their integrity.

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Ah chocolate, the first love of every man, woman and child, it's a solution (however temporary) to every problem from upset and anger to happiness and adoration.

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Whether it be white, milk, dark or other more rare varieties (all will be revealed later on), everyone loves to sit down and have a square or 10.

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Here we're going to look at some following delicious facts about chocolate.

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

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They're named after the malted milkshakes the bars were supposed to taste like.

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Venus comes closer to the Earth than any other planet does.

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Sulphuric acid is a chemical that is very poisonous to humans.

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Venus was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky, as early as the second millennium BC and spins very slowly on its axis, it spins in the opposite direction to the other planets.

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A day on Venus is equal to 117 days on Earth.

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The main difference between the two is that turtle is the name given to water dwellers and tortoise is the name given to land dwellers.

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To enable swimming, it has webbed feet with long claws.

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Their life span is shorter than that of the tortoise with an average of 20 to 40 years and a maximum of 86 years.

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Their life span is longer than that of the turtle with an average of 80 to 150 years and a maximum of 188 years.

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Turtles and tortoises are both kept as pets, but can be difficult to care for because of their long life span.

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Eating too much fat can lead to clogged arteries.

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This smaller piece of dough can be cooked or re-added to the batch to make more doughnuts.

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A disk-shaped doughnut can also be stretched and molded into a torus until the center breaks to form a hole.

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Or, a doughnut depositor can be used to place a circle of liquid dough (batter) into the deep fryer.

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Cake doughnuts are fried for about 90 seconds at about 190 °C to 198 °C, turning once.

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Hong Kong was under British rule from 1842 to 1997.

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The name of the city is a Cantonese phrase that translates to fragrance harbor.

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The people of mainland China moved to Hong Kong in 221 BC.

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In the 1900s, this region became a special refuge to Chinese exiles.

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In 1941, the fear of the communist party led a huge number of immigrants to flee China and settle in Hong Kong.

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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.

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Apparently, for the steak at least, it's due to the very small numbers of hanging aged Wagyu ribs and the very low-stress levels the cattle are put through both during slaughter, with a specially designed abattoir, and during rearing.

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Wagyu beef itself must come from a specific breed of Japanese cattle with incredibly high in fat marbling, allowing the meat to in essence melt in your mouth.

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The cats eat the cherries for the fleshy pulp, and as the bean travels through its digestive system the enzymes seep into the beans causing them to change.

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Saffron comes from the saffron crocus, this flower bears up to four flowers with each having three vivid crimson stigmas, these stigmas are handpicked, dried and then air sealed which kind of explains the price.

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Neptune has four rings which are hard to see from the Earth.

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Neptune's blue color is much brighter compared to Uranus's, which has a similar amount of methane, so there might be another reason why Neptune is blue.

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

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In addition to art, Da Vinci studied all aspects of life from anatomy to mathematics and astronomy;

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His far reaching investigations and discoveries sought to show an underlying unity of the universe.

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Da Vinci is considered to be a key person in the birth of the European Renaissance, which saw an emergence of new ideas, scientific discoveries and the creation of beautiful art.

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In his formative years, he developed a love of nature and from an early age began to display his remarkable academic and artistic talents.

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In 1466, he moved to Florence where he entered the workshop of Verrocchio.

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Snakes belong to the animal class reptiles.

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Their body temperature changes to the temperature of its surroundings.

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Snakes have flexible jaws which allow them to eat prey bigger than their head!

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Some species of snake, such as cobras and black mambas, use venom to hunt and kill their prey.

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Typically, it takes 3-5 days for a snake to digest its meal.

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Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

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In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay.

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Evidence of recreational swimming in prehistoric times has been found, with the earliest evidence dating to Stone Age paintings from around 10,000 years ago.

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Written references date from 2000 BC, with some of the earliest references to swimming including the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible, Beowulf, the Quran and others.

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In 1538, Nikolaus Wynmann, a Swiss-German professor of languages, wrote the earliest known complete book about swimming, Colymbetes, such as " The Swimmer ", or " A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming " and " Joyful and Pleasant to Read ".

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Bloomberg terminals are essentially unrivaled within the finance world and have contributed to the company's massive growth in its 39-year history.

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

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Central to the company is the Professional Services wing, which at some points in Bloomberg's history has accounted for close to 90% of its yearly revenue.

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Bloomberg News is the company's news service branch, responsible for delivering news content to Bloomberg terminal users and across a variety of the company's subsidiary media channels, including Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Bloomberg Radio.

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Launched in 2010, Bloomberg Law is a subscription service providing access to real-time legal data for research purposes.

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Computer software, also called software, is a set of instructions and its documentations that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task.

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Applications are programs that are designed to perform a specific operation, such as a game or a word processor.

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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.

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The word firmware is sometimes used to describe a style of software that is made specifically for a particular type of computer or an electronic device and is usually stored on a Flash memory or ROM chip in the computer.

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Firmware usually refers to a piece of software that directly controls a piece of hardware.

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Let's take a look at all you need to know about earthquakes and fill your brain with knowledge!

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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.

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In Japan, they even send alerts to your TV!

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This is a very slow process, but they do like to bump into each other a bit.

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Plate tectonics are where continents move from one place to the next and they break apart as they move crashing into each other.

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Adventures are the best way to learn, and it's very difficult to argue against that statement when there are so many amazing places to see around the globe.

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Whether you're a student looking to take a gap year or a family hoping to visit somewhere new this year, there is a wealth of choice available to you.

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Firstly, we will visit to London, UK.

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Siem Reap is a great place if you're young and looking for adventure, but there are certainly no age limits when it comes to seeing the world.

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Pay for your own private tour, or join a small group to get a discounted price.

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Cars aren't cheap as we are all aware, but none of the vehicles you've, more than likely, ever bought even scrape anywhere the boundary of the cars we are here to discuss today.

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Here we're going to look at the 5 most expensive street-legal production cars.

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I'm sure the carbon-titanium monocoque has something to do with the low weight.

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When you start discussing eye-watering automotive prices most people have to think of the Bugatti Veyron and this list is no exception.

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The seats even have a line of 'V's running from top to bottom just in case you forgot the model!

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Greek brides and grooms were also known to use cheesecake as a wedding cake.

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It also became a custom for a Greek bride to bake and serve cheesecakes to her new husband's friends as a gesture of hospitality.

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Incidentally, this concept eventually paved the way for wedding cakes to become a tradition that continues today.

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History has the first recorded mention of cheesecake as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC.

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The Romans spread cheesecake from Greece to across Europe.

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After close to 70 years into the game, the brand is as relevant as ever with the addition of influential taste makers such as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams to their stable.

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While it is still in direct competition its arch-rival Nike, Adidas has managed to garner much attention to the brand with new and improved designs from world renowned designer Jeremy Scott, and the introduction of new ground-breaking technology such as their Ultra Boost line of products.

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In this article, we're going to explore 30 facts about Adidas that every self-professed sneaker head should know.

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The 'Stan Smith', Adidas's most iconic sneaker, was originally intended to be named after Robert Haillet, the iconic French tennis star, and not Stanley Smith.

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As a matter of fact, anyone who dared go to the park wearing Nikes or Puma ran the risk of getting their shoes snatched and hung on the park's "tree of shame" where countless pairs of off brand sneakers could be found.

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Earlier, The basketball used to be brown in color.

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Women's basketball was added to the Olympics in 1976.

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Their claim to fame is helping their clients find and achieve most of their important goals while significantly improving on performance.

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In order to bring new ideas, innovation, and capabilities to the table for customers, McKinsey has increased its network of partners to include 150 of the world's leading tech-product companies.

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

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The framework may have to be discarded and a new framework may need to be found, but this technique saves most of the time and stress involved with a complicated project.

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These fancy names are new locations that McKinsey & Company has opened up across the world to enable their clients to get a real feel of business and technological solutions.

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