The trees which grow cacao can live for an impressive 200 years! However, the plants only create viable beans for making chocolate for just twenty years of their lifespan.
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The place with the longest name in Ireland is 'Muckanaghederdauhaulia', which means 'ridge shaped like a pig's back between two expanses of briny water'.
The iconic ‘bullet time’ effect was conceived for the Matrix. The moment when Neo’s gravity does a backbend was conceived with 120 individual digital cameras and two film cameras. You may not see it on screen, but many of the costumes in the movie are made of cheap fabric.
Dog noses are wet to better help them absorb scent chemicals. A special mucus is secreted to help them absorb these special chemicals. Once the chemicals are on the nose, dogs lick them so that they can sample them and understand what it is that they're smelling!
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The place with the longest name in Ireland is 'Muckanaghederdauhaulia', which means 'ridge shaped like a pig's back between two expanses of briny water'.
The iconic ‘bullet time’ effect was conceived for the Matrix. The moment when Neo’s gravity does a backbend was conceived with 120 individual digital cameras and two film cameras. You may not see it on screen, but many of the costumes in the movie are made of cheap fabric.
Dog noses are wet to better help them absorb scent chemicals. A special mucus is secreted to help them absorb these special chemicals. Once the chemicals are on the nose, dogs lick them so that they can sample them and understand what it is that they're smelling!
While most foods are harvested during the autumn, foods particularly associated with the season include pumpkins (which are important foods of both Thanksgiving and Halloween) and apples, which are used to make many wonderful beverages.
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