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		<title><![CDATA[Who invented the coffee filter?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The coffee filter was invented by Melitta Bentz, in Germany in 1908. She pierced holes in a tin container, put a circular piece of absorbent paper in the bottom of it and put her creation over a coffee pot.
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    <pubDate>Jun/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What does it mean to be 'traduced?']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The verb "traduc" means to say untrue or malicious things about someone or
something; if you have been "traduced," you have been slandered or vilified.
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    <pubDate>Jun/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How tall are coffee trees?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Species of coffee trees can grow as tall as 32 feet and their leaves can range in color from purple to yellow. Green is the predominant color, however.
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    <pubDate>Jun/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who is the father of the vaccine?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman is considered to be the godfather of the modern vaccine era. Having created nearly three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist, Hilleman is also credited with saving more lives than any other scientist. Probably ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why do geese fly in a 'V' shape?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Migrating geese fly in a V-formation to save energy. A goose's wings churn the air and leave an air current behind. In the flying wedge, each bird is in position to get a lift from the current left by the bird ahead. It is easier going for all, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How many pennies were there originally?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Mint was authorized to produce one-cent copper coins on April 2, 1792. Originally, there were four designs struck: the "chain" cent, the "wreathed" cent, the "flowing hair" cent, and the "liberty" cent.
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    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What sort of things do Russian dogs smell?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Russia, dogs have been trained to sniff out ore deposits that contain iron sulfides.
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    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who was the first American saint?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born American to be sainted. She was born on August 28, 1774 in New York. She was sainted in the Holy Year of 1975.
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    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are there now different versions of the Monopoly?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, different manufacturers of the game have created dozens of versions in which the names of the properties and other elements of the game are replaced by others with some theme. There are versions about national parks, Star Trek, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How large were early Chinese encyclopedias?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the early fifteenth century, scholars in China compiled an encyclopedia consisting of 11,095 volumes.
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    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How much cash did Carnegie carry?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest Americans ever, never carried any cash. He was once put off a London train because he did not have the fare.
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    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can a cow add iron to your diet?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkana tribesmen, who live on the barren soils of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, add iron to their diet by drinking cow's blood - they puncture the cow's jugular vein with a sharp arrow and catch the spurting liquid in a clay jug. The cows, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why did Sergio turn down the Godfather?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sergio Leone, director of Clint Eastwood's innovative Italian Westerns, turned down offers to direct The Godfather (1972) in favor of developing his dream project, which ultimately became Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
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    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What did Cambridge astronomers discover in 1991?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In October 1991, astronomers at Cambridge, England, discovered one of the dimmest stars ever seen. It is relatively close to Earth, but so dim – 10,000 times fainter than the Sun – that it is visible only with a large telescope.
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    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How many bytes in a megabyte?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are exactly 1,048576 bytes in one megabyte. Half a byte is called a "nybble."
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    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can an insect live without a head?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some insects, after their head is severed, may live for as much as a year. They react automatically to light, temperature, humidity, chemicals, and other stimuli.
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    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do geese eat before they migrate?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to migration a goose will consume the equivalent of up to 25 percent of its body weight per day, accumulating large amounts of fat. During the migration, geese may cover up to 600 miles per day. At the end of the migration, they often weigh ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where does Cork come from?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cork comes from the bark of trees. Specifically, it is harvested from the cork tree, which takes more than ten years to produce one layer of cork.
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    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did Mary succeed her father as monarchy?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[No -- In 1547, Henry died, to be succeeded by Edward VI. Edward was England's first Protestant monarch; his Parliament's Act of Uniformity prescribed Protestant rites for church services, such as the use of Thomas Cranmer's new Book of Common ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why is there no Nobel Prize in mathematics?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no Nobel Prize for mathematics. A common legend states that Nobel decided against a prize in mathematics because a woman - said to be either his fiance, wife, or mistress - rejected him for or cheated on him with a famous mathematician, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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