This surprising fact was initially聽discovered聽by聽researchers聽at the Bronx Zoo who compared twenty-three different perfumes鈥� abilities to attract tigers鈥� attention. One of the least successful was...
President Donald Trump wants to 鈥渂uild a wall鈥� between the U.S. and Mexico that, depending on your political allegiances, will either keep out dangerous undocumented immigrants or will serve little...
There's been a mystique around mistletoe since ancient times, probably on account of the curious way it grows. The plant is a 鈥渉emiparasite,鈥� meaning that it can either grow in soil, or, more...
Like any plant, the tea plant is composed of hundreds of different compounds. Some of the most interesting ones fall into the category of polyphenols, so called because of their molecular structure...
Counterfeiting of coins has a long history. No less a personage than Isaac Newton took this bull by the horns. Late in his career he became Master of the Mint and obsessed about counterfeiters. He...
It is a common misconception that aspirin is a naturally occurring substance that was discovered in the bark of the willow tree. A related compound called salicin does indeed occur in white willow...
Sleepies, eye gunk, eyeboogers鈥� Whatever you call them, the proper name for that gunk that collects in the corners of your eyes is rheum. It's exuded from your eyes while you sleep (as you know)...
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