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Tuesday December 23, 2008 |
| Gypsy moth larvae are very mobile. They also have a voracious and devastating appetite. Gypsy moth larvae have the potential to defoliate more than 2 million acres of Northeastern U.S. forests per year. In 1869, a Massachusetts naturalist imported gypsy moths from France, hoping to cross them with the American silk moth and create a hardy thread-making caterpillar. Not only did his experiment fail, but disaster resulted when some of the moths escaped. Each generation of offspring, floating in the breeze on tiny sails of spun silk and body hairs, can be carried further than 20 miles away. |
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| Moonstones are so named because they have a soft, luminous glow much like moonlight. The Greeks believed that the stones became brighter or dimmer with the phases of the moon. A moonstone was also believed to be a powerful good luck charm, and wearing one was considered a guarantee of success in a precarious endeavor. |
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| Guinea pigs were first domesticated by the Incas, who used them for food, in sacrifices, and as household pets. |
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| The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill (70–90 decibels). |
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| In the eleventh century, crusader knights first introduced raisins to Europe when they returned home from the Mediterranean. By the fourteenth century, raisins became an important part of European cuisine. Raisin prices skyrocketed. The English, French, and Germans attempted to grow grapes for raisins, but their climates were too cold for drying the fruit. |
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