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What is the Difference Between Ice Cream and Gelato? 20 Aug 2013 | 03:55 am
Whether ice cream, gelato, sorbetto or frozen yogurt, I am a fan of the frozen dessert realm. I have travelled to Italy and tasted the sweet, life giving ambrosia of gelato: maybe it is the water, or ...
The End of the Canadian Penny 4 Apr 2013 | 03:45 am
To be honest, I am completely ambivalent about retiring the Canadian Penny. I was inspired to write this article when I began to consider the nearly two decades I have spent in customer service of on...
What are the Smurfs? 5 Jan 2012 | 11:47 am
The Smurfs are little blue and white gnome-like characters created by Peyo (a.k.a. Pierre Culliford) in 1958 as a Belgian comic strip. They became very popular in North America in the 1980′s when The ...
How Much Lego Do We Vacuum Up Every Year? 18 Nov 2011 | 11:11 am
LEGO was created in Billund, Denmark Clackity, clackity, clackity goes my vacuum cleaner. Oops, another piece of Lego gets sucked into the great oblivion. No big deal, I tell myself; the kids have lo...
What is the Difference Between Dolphins and Porpoises? 3 Nov 2011 | 06:19 am
Harbour Porpoise in Denmark; photo credit Erik Christensen The main difference between a dolphin and a porpoise is size; porpoises are generally smaller, reaching a length of up to 2.5 metres. The...
What are Amino Acids? 29 Sep 2011 | 05:30 am
There are different types of Amino acids; but this article refers to the Amino acids needed for protein synthesis in the human body. Amino acids are the building blocks of polypeptide chains which are...
What is a Rotator Cuff? 29 Sep 2011 | 04:16 am
Lithograph of the Rotator Cuff group from Gray's Anatomy. The Rotator Cuff is a group of four muscles that attach to the humerus and scapula to support the shoulder joint. The Glenohumeral joint ...
What is the Difference Between Smooth and Skeletal Muscle? 24 Sep 2011 | 09:17 am
Smooth Muscle cells by Polarlys The human body has three different kinds of muscle: smooth, skeletal and cardiac. Smooth muscle is the involuntary, non striated muscle that is found in your digestive...
What is the Biggest Flower in the World? 20 Sep 2011 | 08:04 am
Rafflesia arnoldii Photo credit ma_suska The biggest flower in the world is the Rafflesia arnoldii, a.k.a. the Corpse Flower, so named because when blooming, it smells of rotting flesh. This flower i...
What is the Difference Between Astronomy and Astrology? 17 Sep 2011 | 11:11 am
Crab Nebula taken by the Hubble Telescope For two words so similar, they could hardly be more different in meaning. Astronomy is the study of celestial objects; in short, objects outside the Earth’s ...
