If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions.
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Mount Rushmore went through several changes. In one version of the monument, words were to be etched into the rock face, words that would briefly describe the history of the United States, highlighting nine important events between 1776 and 1906. But due to funding, and issues over wording, this plan was ultimately scrapped!
The term “banana republic” was first used by writer O. Henry in reference to Honduras. The term describes a country’s overreliance on banana exports and an unstable economy. The term was eventually extended to other countries in Central America.
Donald Lau is considered the father of fortune cookies because he wrote the fortunes within for 30 years. He was hired at the company (called Wanton Foods) because he was employee who spoke the best English at the time. The company was known for producing 4.5 million cookies a day.
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Mount Rushmore went through several changes. In one version of the monument, words were to be etched into the rock face, words that would briefly describe the history of the United States, highlighting nine important events between 1776 and 1906. But due to funding, and issues over wording, this plan was ultimately scrapped!
The term “banana republic” was first used by writer O. Henry in reference to Honduras. The term describes a country’s overreliance on banana exports and an unstable economy. The term was eventually extended to other countries in Central America.
Donald Lau is considered the father of fortune cookies because he wrote the fortunes within for 30 years. He was hired at the company (called Wanton Foods) because he was employee who spoke the best English at the time. The company was known for producing 4.5 million cookies a day.
Newborn babies can only see about 20cm to 30cm in front of their faces. Everything else is a blur. By the time babies are one to two months old, they should be able to focus on something right in front of their faces.
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