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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Turkeys, though mostly sighted on the ground, can fly. In fact, wild turkeys can reach speeds of up to 55 mph when they fly. Domesticated turkeys, on the other hand, cannot reach these blistering speeds. They have been bred to be quite hefty and not very aerodynamic.
Autumn is celebrated everywhere. In Japan, Buddhists view the equinox as a symbol of life transitions. In China and Vietnam, a Moon Festival occurs every year around the fall equinox. In Britain, Neo-Druids gather at Stonehenge and watch the sunrise each equinox!
People who play action video games develop a heightened sense of their surroundings and are able to make decisions faster. A study showed that surgeons who regularly played video games made 37% fewer errors and performed their tasks 27% faster than their non-video-game-playing colleagues!
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Turkeys, though mostly sighted on the ground, can fly. In fact, wild turkeys can reach speeds of up to 55 mph when they fly. Domesticated turkeys, on the other hand, cannot reach these blistering speeds. They have been bred to be quite hefty and not very aerodynamic.
Autumn is celebrated everywhere. In Japan, Buddhists view the equinox as a symbol of life transitions. In China and Vietnam, a Moon Festival occurs every year around the fall equinox. In Britain, Neo-Druids gather at Stonehenge and watch the sunrise each equinox!
People who play action video games develop a heightened sense of their surroundings and are able to make decisions faster. A study showed that surgeons who regularly played video games made 37% fewer errors and performed their tasks 27% faster than their non-video-game-playing colleagues!
Carrots help you see! A diet of carrots won't give a blind person 20/20 vision. But the vitamins found in the vegetable can help promote overall eye health. Carrots contain beta-carotene, a substance that the body converts to vitamin A, an important nutrient for eye health.
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