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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‘Tex-Mex' cuisine is a fusion of Mexican and American dishes primarily coming from the creation of the Tejano people living in Texas. You might be surprised to know that Tex Mex has imported flavours from other spicy cuisines, such as those from the Canary Islands.
The wondrous duo, Ekans and Arbok, are related to snakes in an interesting way. Their names spelled backward make “snake” and “kobra” respectively.
The sun isn’t merely that far-away ball of gas – it has an atmosphere that extends far beyond Pluto! The northern lights, for example, are the result of the interaction of solar winds with the earth’s magnetic field. In a manner of speaking, we live inside the sun!
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‘Tex-Mex' cuisine is a fusion of Mexican and American dishes primarily coming from the creation of the Tejano people living in Texas. You might be surprised to know that Tex Mex has imported flavours from other spicy cuisines, such as those from the Canary Islands.
The wondrous duo, Ekans and Arbok, are related to snakes in an interesting way. Their names spelled backward make “snake” and “kobra” respectively.
The sun isn’t merely that far-away ball of gas – it has an atmosphere that extends far beyond Pluto! The northern lights, for example, are the result of the interaction of solar winds with the earth’s magnetic field. In a manner of speaking, we live inside the sun!
It’s a common misconception that bats are blind. Some species have exceptionally sharp vision and can even perceive ultraviolet light. There are bats that prefer using their eyesight to echolocation when hunting, and several fruit bats don’t use sonar at all.
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