The word "carat" originated from the "carob tree". Because seeds from the fruit of the carob tree have a uniform weight of about-one fifth of a gram, they were used to measure diamonds. On average, there are about 120 million carats..

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This coming August 16 is the 30th death anniversary of Elvis Presley, and so it is only fitting that I would post some odds & ends about the "King". At around 2:30 in the morning on Aug 16, 1977, Elvis was found sprawled on the bathroom floor ,.

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Just a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. have doubled the reward to Osama Bin Laden's capture, or to any information that may lead to his capture, to $50 million, making it the largest reward ever offered for a fugitive. In announcing the original reward.

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Today, we are going to have a veggie quiz. The first question is the post title itself - Are tomatoes fruits or vegetable? If you answered fruit, you are absolutely correct. If you answered vegetable, you are correct too... well, sort of. The word...

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Despite the popularity of email, postal mail service is still widely used worldwide. In fact, according to CNN in 2004, there were 425 billion pieces of mail sent annually around the world. India has the world's largest postal system, with 154,000...

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