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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Arctic foxes are pretty incredible animals – they live in the most northerly place in the world and have an astonishing ability to handle cold temperatures. Thanks to their fluffy white fur they won’t start shivering until the temperature goes down to -70 degrees Celsius.
Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect, invented the popular board game Scrabble in 1931. He wanted to create a game which involved some luck and a lot of skill (and a large vocabulary)! Butts decided on the point-values of the letters by studying the front page of the New York Times.
When Spanish people came to Vegas in the 19th century, they found wild grass everywhere, so it was named ‘Las Vegas’, which is a Spanish term for ‘the meadows’.
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Arctic foxes are pretty incredible animals – they live in the most northerly place in the world and have an astonishing ability to handle cold temperatures. Thanks to their fluffy white fur they won’t start shivering until the temperature goes down to -70 degrees Celsius.
Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect, invented the popular board game Scrabble in 1931. He wanted to create a game which involved some luck and a lot of skill (and a large vocabulary)! Butts decided on the point-values of the letters by studying the front page of the New York Times.
When Spanish people came to Vegas in the 19th century, they found wild grass everywhere, so it was named ‘Las Vegas’, which is a Spanish term for ‘the meadows’.
Did you think the ice cream in adverts looked super delicious? Well you might want to avoid tasting it! To simulate the effect of ice cream, scoops of lard or potato are used and then covered in motor oil.
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