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Ukraine is the world’s largest producer of sunflower seeds. Across Ukraine, you’ll see endless fields of these yellow blooms – so many that they’d cover entire Slovenia or New Jersey if you uprooted them!
Ukraine is home to one of the most memorable holiday symbols – Easter eggs! Originally painted and patterned using wax and dye, we have Ukraine to thank for our favorite decorative treat.
Major decisions taken in today’s NCOC session are attached.
The only time the Capitol had fallen was in 1814 when the British army entered DC and burned down the Capitol during the War of 1812. Yesterday occurred the second invasion of the Capitol in its history, 206 years after the first one. In 1814, the White House was burned, too.
That iconic charcoal drawing of nude Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by the director himself, James Cameron. Cameron obviously lives by the creed that if you want to be sure something is done right, just do it yourself.
During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama purchased ad space in 18 games that ran in 10 states. The “Vote for Change” billboards were in Burnout Paradise, Skate, Madden, and more that targeted the demographic of ages 18 to 34.
Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States, was the first American national born to become president in 1837. Each of the seven previous presidents was born as a British subject. Luckily, the hairstyle wasn't adopted as an all-American trend.
While doing research for Black Panther in Cape Town, a street musician gave Chadwick Boseman the Xhosa name he believed suited him the most. The man called Boseman Mxolisi or “Peacemaker.”
Aside from being an actor, Chadwick Boseman was also a writer. He wrote his screenplay, Crossroads, in honor of a teammate on his college basketball team who was murdered.
In a campaign against a proposed equal rights amendment to the Iowa Constitution gender-based discrimination, the popular evangelical priest's opposing argument was that, among other things, feminism has women "kill their children and practice witchcraft..." The year was 1992.
In 2014, a candidate for the mayor of Toronto vowed from the billboards to only smoke pot and not crack. Jeff McElroy was a fictional candidate, but the campaign was real, aimed to overthrow the ruling mayor, caught on camera smoking crack cocaine.
More historical artifacts lie underwater than on land. It includes art, statues, treasures, coins, entire cities, and over 1 million ships, all of which can be found at the sea bottom. The oceans hold 20 million tons of dilute gold, enough to supply each living human with 9 lbs.
The inventor of cruise control in cars was blind. Universities refused Ralph Teetor's applications based on his disability. He eventually got enrolled at the U. of Pennsylvania in the engineering department. He later became the President of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
The 1750 BC Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer are to be executed. The oldest beer ad was found on a Mesopotamian tablet, around 4000 years old. The ad read: “Drink Elba beer, the beer with the heart of a lion!”
Syphilis names when it appeared: England: French disease, France: Spanish disease, Russia: Polish disease, Poland: Turkish disease, Turkey: Christian disease, Germany: French evil, Japan: Chinese pox. Beethoven, Napoleon, Henry VIII, Tolstoy, Capone, Lincoln and V Gogh all had it
Castoreum, used as a substitute vanilla flavoring, is actually harvested from the anal glands of beavers. They use it combined with urine to scent mark territory. Beaver butt also has a raspberry taste to it. It’s a common “natural ingredient” in raspberry-flavored sweets.
The filling in olives are not actual pimento peppers, but a mixture of mainly gelatine, with some pimento paste for the flavor's sake. Gelatine is mostly made from pig skin and bones.
A 2015 study showed that light-eyed Americans of European descent consume more alcohol than dark-eyed ones. The study also found that blue-eyed Americans of Euro descent had the highest levels of alcohol misuse, suggesting a genetic link that makes them more susceptible to AUD.
When a brothel in Pompeii was unovered, the archaeologists came across rather explicit images and graffiti. Some of the graffiti were: "Thrust slowly", "Euplia was here... with two thousand beautiful men" and list prices: "Euplia sucks for five asses" (which is a currency name).
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