HOW MANY DIFFERENT SMELLS CAN YOUR NOSE REMEMBER?
Your nose can smell at least 1 trillion scents. Scientists had long assumed our noses could distinguish about 10,000 odors.
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Cannabis Found Among the Bloomsphotos credit: Vermont Capitol State Police By Carla Charter MONTPELIER, VT. […]
Millennials Seek Mindfulness as a Fix for Their High Stress LevelsCall them “Generation Stressed.” Millions of Americans just made […]
Summer’s End: The Perfect Time to Get Financially OrganizedCouldn’t find that birth certificate when you needed it? Or maybe it was your […]
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Trails Through History: Pony Express Historical TrailBy Carla Charter When people remember the Pony Express, they think of men […]
The Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, FloridaThe Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida To read more visit All of the […]
Baby porcupines are called “porcupettes”
Baby porcupines are called “porcupettes”When they are born they have soft quills, but with exposure to air, they grow stronger
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King Henry VIII had a “Groom of the Stool”…
King Henry VIII had a “Groom of the Stool”, whose job was to monitor and assist in the King’s bowel
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Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek, almost quit the show after one season..
Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek, almost quit the show after one season, but
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Who is the only person who has won awards in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Gene Autry is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (film, television,
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Unique U.S. Museums: The Museum of Bad Art
LUCY IN THE FIELD WITH FLOWERS-Lucy in the Field with Flowers is among the paintings which are part of the
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HOW LONG WAS A ROMAN MILE?
The Romans used a unit of distance called the mille passum, which literally translated into “a thousand paces.” Since each
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A DIAMOND TO FORM?
Most natural diamonds are formed at high temperature and pressure at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers (87 to 118
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Trails Through History: Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
By Carla Charter GAFFNEY, S.C. – History classes have taught about the Northern Colonies involvement in the American Revolution. Lesser
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South Bohemia, Czech Republic
South Bohemia is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land
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Italian Potato Wedge Nachos
INGREDIENTS: 1 (24-oz.) package frozen rosemary garlic oven fries 1 sliced zucchini 3 slices chopped bacon 2 (8-oz.) boneless, skinless
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WHEN WAS SOAP INVENTED?
The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in ancient Babylon. A
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WHY DO THEY CALL IT A SOFT DRINK?
soft drink…So called in contrast to alcoholic beverages, which are “hard drinks”. Any carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink. (In this
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WHY DID BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NOT WANT THE BALD EAGLE TO BE THE NATIONAL BIRD?
Franklin objected to making the bald eagle the national bird on the grounds that he found it to be “a
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HOW DID LYNYRD SKYNYRD GET ITS NAME?
Leonard Skinner, the school basketball coach who inspired the name of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd after telling its members
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Thumb print cookies
Cook time: 40 Min Prep time: 15 Min Serves: 50 or more Ingredients 1 1/2 c butter 1 c sugar
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Grandmother’s Buttermilk Cornbread
Grandmother’s Buttermilk Cornbread – Here’s how to make the most delicious cornbread you’ve ever tasted. You’ll love serving this with
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HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO PEOPLE LIE?
The hard-to-believe figure, which of course includes the many innocent “white lies” we hear each day, was given further credence
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Vermont License Plate History Sought
By Carla Charter The Vermont Historical Society is looking for information on the history of Vermont License plates to answer
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Best of the Best from New England Cookbook
Best of the Best from New England Cookbook – From best-selling favorites to small community treasures, each contributing cookbook is
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WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ALL 50 STATES IN THE US?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first President of all 50 states. Hawaii, the 50th state, entered the union on August
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