Not as weird, but no less distinctive, are the beer festivals held nearly every month (and almost every week in the summer), which include celebrations of specific types of beer, like organic, sour, rye and fruit.About 40 minutes southwest of Portland, you can find McMinnville’s UFO ...
Ecuador. The act of writing brings happy memories to the forefront of my mind. One such memory is of all the exotic fruits we got to know while living in Loja. I do not exaggerate when I say that every single week when we went to the open air market we encountered a new food (frui...
The durian is rather a notorious fruit – it has become known as the world's stinkiest and has been banned in various public locales throughout southeast Asia. Naturally, someone thought that a fruit with these accolades would make an outstanding wine and a group of students in Singapore did...
I AM a rhinoceros hornbill. I have a horn on the Top of my beak that I used to knock down Fruit. I also use my horn to fight and sometimes to attract a mate. I bring food to my mate when she sits on our eggs. If you think my horn lo...
She worked behind the register, but once a week she'd dress up as a piece of fruit (a banana) and stand out by the highway. Ellen took the opportunity to scare the crap out of Fox by sending out someone dressed in a banana suit.Source: The Ellen Show Dig Deeper Megan Fox's Best...
The rind is lighter the further you carve, and because the fruit itself is red, the contrasting colors allow for unique lighting effects. 10Or Lack Of source: sickoftheradio.com We can see the same principle in another piece, this time using a leafy green with no other colors. 9A Slice...
This summery fruit is the cause of terror for a small number of people. The term is derived fromfragraria– the strawberry's family, if you want – and phobia, which means fear. 47. There are over 600 types of oranges And here's another fun fact – around 20% of oranges are eaten...
In fact, the fruit of a coconut isn’t a nut at all, it’s a drupe. But while coconut is perhaps the most familiar palm food, the most economically important is certainly the oil palm, genus Elaeis. The oil that comes from this palm is high in saturated fat, making it useful for ...
Diet: Leaves, grass, fruit, tiny insects Conservation Status: Least Concern There are some 6,400 species of katydids in the Tettigoniidae family, which are closely related to crickets. But the Giant Long-legged Katydid, found in the montane forests of Malaysia, are easily the largest. They...
The fruit provides people with a sustainable source of vitamin C. Scientists think that the Baobab tree could be a potential answer to major world health problems, according to Biodiversity International. Baobab bark is used to make rope and cloth, to use as tools or clothing. In addition to...