Fog is a cloud that touches the ground Fog is a cloud that touches the ground. Fog can be thin or thick, meaning people have difficulty seeing through it. In some conditions, fog can be so thick that it makes passing cars. Even monuments like London Bridge, in London, England, or the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco, California, are[…]
Common name: laughing kookaburra Scientific name: dacelo novaeguineae Type: birds Diet: carnivore Average life span in captivity: up to 20 years Size: 15 to 18 inches Weight: 13 to 16 ounces The laughing kookaburra is well known both as a symbol of Australia’s birdlife and as the inspirational “merry, merry king of the bush”[…]
The Origins of the Mysterious Green Bean Casserole This mixture of canned soup, frozen green beans and fried onions has graced holiday buffets since the 1950s. But who came up with this trinity, and why has it become so famous? Holiday tables are often divided over these three little words–green bean casserole. This mixture[…]
You probably think of baking as a means to an end. The means is mixing sugar, flour and eggs into a bowl, and the end is cookies, a cake, or something else sweet. But in truth, baking is more complex than that. It’s essentially chemistry, and there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes.[…]
6 Differences Between Llamas and Alpacas At first glance, alpacas may resemble their larger camelid cousin the llama, but they are quite different. Their ears: Alpaca ears have short spear-shaped ears while llamas have much longer, banana-shaped ears. Their size: Alpacas generally weigh in at around 150 pounds while llamas can get[…]
“Green Eggs and Ham” was published by Random House in 1960. It was No. 4 on Publishers Weekly’s 2001 list of all-time best-selling children’s books. Dr. Seuss is a pen name: His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel. “Green Eggs and Ham” uses only 50 different words. Seuss’s editor bet him after “The Cat in the[…]
The National League Came First Way back in the day – 1871 to be specific – the National League was born. They eventually organized annual games to play the rival American Association – before it tanked in 1891 – in an event known as the World’s Championship Series or the Championship of the United States.[…]
Try writing out a few sentences—anything at all. Now take a minute to look at how frequently each letter in the alphabet appears. Chances are you’ll see a lot of the letter “e.” That’s because the commonly used vowel appears in around 11 percent of all words in the English language, according to Oxford Dictionaries. The next[…]
A cold front is where a cold air mass is pushing into a warmer air mass. Cold fronts can produce dramatic changes in the weather. They move fast, up to twice as fast as a warm front. Cold air is dense so it is able to quickly plow a warm air mass ahead of it. Commonly,[…]
This moldy fuzz is like a microscopic dandelion. The green, furry tufts of mold that pop up on bread and cheddar cheese aren’t very appetizing. Their mere presence raises the questions: Why is mold so fuzzy, and is this fuzz dangerous? The short answer to the first question is that fuzz is a[…]