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What is an extensive, grassy plain, usually devoid of trees called? |
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| An extensive plain land devoid of trees and covered with short grasses is called a Steppe. A plain land devoid of trees and covered with tall grasses is called a prairie. |
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How many hours does it take to fly from Miami Florida to Venice Italy? |
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| A typical one way trip between Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida (IATA Code:MIA) to Marco Polo International Airport, Venice, IT (IATA Code :VCE) will take about 10 to 10 and a half hours. The distance between the two airports is about 5090 miles. |
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What is the difference between apple cider and apple juice? Thanks |
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Both Apple Cider and Apple Juice are made from apple, but the difference between them is dependent on the geographical location where you live. In the USA and Canada, apple cider refers to the unprocessed liquid that you get from apples. This is the raw unclarified liquid taken from apple and usually contain apple pulp and is brown and cloudy in texture. It can get perished if not stored in a refrigerator. If this liquid is filtered and processed, it results in apple juice and this product has a more shelf life than cider. American cider does not contain alcohol. In England and Australia, apple cider is an alcoholic beverage that is produced when the juice from freshly pressed apples is allowed to ferment. It's sometimes referred to as hard cider. |
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What do woodlice eat? |
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The woodlice appears in many species all over the world and are locally referred to as tiggy-hogs, parsons-pigs, sow-bugs, grammer sows etc in many places. They are an essential part of our ecology as they recycle decaying material as essential nutrients back to the soil. Woodlice belong to the order Isopoda and they can be found both on land and in water. They are usually found in dark and damp places. They usually feed during the night. Basically, woodlice are plant eaters, but they also do eat flesh. They will consume flesh if they come across dead and decaying animals. They will also eat other woodlice that have died or those going through the moult - a time when their bodies are very soft. Usually they do not catch and kill their prey but there is one species - the Tylos latereilei - a Mediterranean coastal isopod which hunts for its prey. They feed mostly on decaying plant matter, like dead leaves and rotting trunk. They sometimes also feed on live plants. |
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Can I take perfume on a domestic flight in Britain? |
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As per the directive from the UK Department of Transport - www.dft.gov.uk - passengers cannot carry more than one item of cabin baggage. The cabin bag should be no bigger than 45cm wide x 35cm long x 16cm deep (17.7" wide × 13.7" long × 6.2" deep), including wheels, handles, side pockets - equivalent to a small laptop bag or rucksack. The items prohibited from cabin baggage are now: any cosmetics, any toiletries, including toothpaste, hair gel, lotions, perfume, deodorant, shaving foam, aerosols, etc, any liquids, any drinks and any sharp objects. Exceptions to this are prescribed medicines in liquid form (e.g. diabetic medicine) and baby milk and liquid baby food (the contents of each bottle must be tasted by the parent). So I think you won't be allowed to carry perfume bottles in your carry in cabin bag. |
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What does the dimple in the bottom of a champagne bottle mean? |
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The indentation or the dimple in the bottom of a wine bottle is referred to as 'Punt' or kick-up. I did a research on Internet regarding the actual purpose of the punt and found a large number of explanations. Few of them are from Wikipedia and some are from other sources. The commonly cited reasons are : 1. Punts are a historical remnant of old-fashioned glass-blowing techniques. 2. They once had the function of making the bottle less likely to topple over. A bottle designed with a flat bottom only needs a small imperfection to make it unstable. 3. They strengthens the bottle. 4. They allow bottles of sparkling wine to be turned upside-down and then stacked. 5. They allow you to pour wine in that fancy way that waiters sometimes do. To pour using this technique, one holds the bottle by placing a thumb into the punt, then splays the fingers up and around the base and lower sides of the bottle. This will afford a firm hold for a graceful pour. 6. They can make the bottle look bigger 7. In aged wines, sediment deposits at the bottom, which the punt can help to consolidate 8. It acts as a simple yet effective mechanism for minimizing the amount of sediment that is poured into the glass with the wine. Instead of flowing directly down the length of the bottle when poured, much of the sediment is likely impeded by the veritable mountain of indented glass at the bottle's base, hitting against it as the bottle is tilted diagonally and subsequently not pouring directly into a glass. |
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When and where was the hottest ever temperature ever recorded in Britain? |
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| The highest temperature ever recorded in UK was 38.5C or 101.3F in Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003. In July 2006, there was a panic in UK that the record temperature of 38.5 will be broken due to a heat wave which sent temperatures up to 36.5 C. |
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Are there any developed Countries that deny or censor Internet participation to it's peoples due to Government policy, etc; |
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Countries like China, South Korea, Germany and Singapore have imposed some sort of censorship on the access policies of Internet for their citizens. In China only the comp and sci newsgroups are allowed and all Internet access is through filters and government controlled access providers. There is an active censorship on matters like pornography, political information and linguistic matters. The Chinese have relaxed censorship recently. The law which made all Internet users to register with the police has been waived recently. South Korea censors anything that is against its political policies. Germany censors pornography and anti-Semitic propaganda materials. Singapore keeps an eye on matters concerning politics, race and religion. |
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How do I tell the age of a tortoise? |
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There are no foolproof way for finding the age of a tortoise accurately. Counting "growth rings" around the scutes may be useful in small tortoises. These rings are formed because the scutes (or shields) are a modified form of skin that is continually renewed. The new scute material grows under the old, and being larger shows at the edges of the scute as a "ring". But this method is not accurate or cannot be taken as an indicator of age in all tortoises. Tortoises which are subjected to a high growth rate - those that have a highly nutritive diet - don't get a new "growth ring" every year. On the contrary, several "growth rings" may appear in a single season! In bad years, some wild tortoises may not show any growth at all. When a tortoise reaches adult size (at 10-20 years) growth continues, although new scute rings are almost imperceptible. So finding the age of a tortoise can't be done accurately. It can be generally assumed by looking at their size, but that can be also wrong by a large margin. |
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How many Spanish ships were there during the invasion of the Spanish Armada? |
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| The Spanish Armada was a great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. The Armada, commanded by the duke of Medina-Sidonia, consisted of about 130 ships. Although called the “Invincible Armada,” it was destroyed by a combination of English seamanship, Dutch reinforcements, and bad weather. Several thousand Spaniards were killed, and about half the Spanish ships were lost. |
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