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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 12, 2024 23:55:56 GMT -5
The world’s smallest wasp is tinier than most one-cell amoebas. The Megaphragma mymaripenne wasp has muscles, guts, wings, eyes, a brain, and genitals. However, this teeny-tiny insect—which is the smallest wasp in the world and the third smallest insect in the world—measures around 200 micrometers, which is a fifth of a millimeter and smaller than many one-cell amoebas.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 13, 2024 1:55:49 GMT -5
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National Indian Pudding Day recognizes a cold-weather classic.
On November 13th each year, serve up this traditional New England dessert that's sure to wow.
In the seventeenth century, English colonists brought hasty puddingto North America, transforming it.
Although they initially made the pudding with wheat, due to a shortage of grain, the colonists eventually used cornmeal.
Since the colonists had learned to cultivate maize (corn) from the indigenous peoples, the crop was readily available.
The colonists derived the name for Indian pudding from their name for cornmeal - Indian meal. They also replaced the water with milk.
For added flavor, cooks add either molasses or maple syrup. Other ingredients they added include cinnamon, ground ginger, butter, eggs, raisins, and nuts.
They then slowly baked the Indian pudding for several hours.
Baking transforms the pudding's texture from the original porridge-like quality ofhasty pudding to a much smoother consistency which is more typical of custard.
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Post by BillG on Nov 13, 2024 7:26:35 GMT -5
Who Knew??? November 13TH is actor Joe Mantegna's birthday! (77 years old)
 
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Post by soutxed on Nov 13, 2024 9:36:17 GMT -5
November 13, 1956, In Browder v. Gayle, the Supreme Court strikes down Alabama laws requiring racial segregation on public buses. The high court rules these laws violate the 14th Amendment, which provides for equal protection under the law. The Montgomery Bus Boycott will end soon after the decision.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 13, 2024 13:34:33 GMT -5
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November 13, 1956
The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 13, 2024 20:33:32 GMT -5
Peas are a popular pizza topping in Brazil. People in North America are fairly faithful to pepperoni pizza, but in Brazil, you'll be able to find pizza with green peas on it. And in Germany, you'll find pizza topped with seafood, such as canned tuna.
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