The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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It is customary in Japan to eat every single grain of rice, right down to the very last one. Such was its traditional importance that it was considered an affront to the Shinto to waste even a single grain. Think about that next time your eyes prove too big for you stomach.
Not many activities use the entire brain, but music happens to be one of them. Music recruits the auditory areas and employs large-scale neural networks. Scientists also believe that listening to music can activate emotional, motor, and creative areas of the brain!
Basketball used to be played with a soccer ball. This all changed in 1929, when what we've come to recognize as the commonplace basketball was introduced into the game. The original ball, made by A.G. Spalding, was brown in color.
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It is customary in Japan to eat every single grain of rice, right down to the very last one. Such was its traditional importance that it was considered an affront to the Shinto to waste even a single grain. Think about that next time your eyes prove too big for you stomach.
Not many activities use the entire brain, but music happens to be one of them. Music recruits the auditory areas and employs large-scale neural networks. Scientists also believe that listening to music can activate emotional, motor, and creative areas of the brain!
Basketball used to be played with a soccer ball. This all changed in 1929, when what we've come to recognize as the commonplace basketball was introduced into the game. The original ball, made by A.G. Spalding, was brown in color.
Halle Berry, who got her big break in Spike Lee’s romantic drama ‘Jungle Fever’ in 1991, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. Her father, Jerome Berry, was a hospital attendant, and her mother, Judith Berry, a psychiatric nurse. The actor’s net worth is estimated at 80 million!
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