Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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Red is the first color we are able to see as babies. It has the longest wavelength and scientist speculate it helps in developing the receptors and nerves in our eyes. This might also explain the popularity of characters like Elmo with babies.
Nature can be brilliantly messed up. Creatures that trick other species to raise their young are called ‘brood parasites’. An example of this is the ‘brown-headed cowbird’, which dives into other birds nests, knocks out one of the eggs and replaces it with their own. How cheeky is that! This relieves the cowbird from its parental duties, and the host bird diligently raises the little cowbird none the wiser.
Believe or not, the first McDonald’s was a BBQ shack in San Bernardino, California. Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first restaurant in 1940. Eight years after it opened, McDonald’s switched its focus to hamburgers, shakes, and pies. Ray Kroc purchased franchise rights from the brothers and the golden arches appeared across the country, and around the world!
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Red is the first color we are able to see as babies. It has the longest wavelength and scientist speculate it helps in developing the receptors and nerves in our eyes. This might also explain the popularity of characters like Elmo with babies.
Nature can be brilliantly messed up. Creatures that trick other species to raise their young are called ‘brood parasites’. An example of this is the ‘brown-headed cowbird’, which dives into other birds nests, knocks out one of the eggs and replaces it with their own. How cheeky is that! This relieves the cowbird from its parental duties, and the host bird diligently raises the little cowbird none the wiser.
Believe or not, the first McDonald’s was a BBQ shack in San Bernardino, California. Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first restaurant in 1940. Eight years after it opened, McDonald’s switched its focus to hamburgers, shakes, and pies. Ray Kroc purchased franchise rights from the brothers and the golden arches appeared across the country, and around the world!
The Alamo has quickly established itself as one of the top destinations in the South. The building, a symbol of the turning point of the Texas Revolution, was a Spanish Mission and was established nearly 300 years ago! It had one of the first hospitals in Texas and at one point in time, the city of San Antonio and the U.S. government claimed ownership of the building.
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