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Physiology: It's a Long Way Down

It's a Long Way DownAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Digestive SystemStops Along the WayIt's a Long Way DownJack-of-All-TradesRunning Along the TractPancreatic Panacea?What We Do with Our Food The…

Lewis & Clark: Index

by NoahBrooks The End of a Long JourneyIndex A Alkali, natural deposits of, 60. Antelope, first seen, 29; how hunted, 69. Assiniboins, at war with Sioux, 49…

Columbus's Unknown Legacy

How food from the Americas revolutionized Europe by David Johnson Related Links Columbus and Other ExplorersJust Where Was Columbus? What would Italian cooking be without the…

Brewer's: Hat

How Lord Kingsale acquired the right of wearing his hat in the royal presence is this: King John and Philippe II. of France agreed to settle a dispute respecting the duchy of Normandy by…

Wilbur Hardee Biography

founder of Hardee'sDied: June 20, 2008Best Known as: founder of Hardee's restaurant chain Deathplace: Greenville, NC Wilbur Hardee was the founder of Hardee's…

The Devil's Dictionary: Platitude

by Ambrose Bierce PLANPLATONICPLATITUDE -n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the…

strontium

(Encyclopedia) strontiumstrontiumstrŏnˈshēəm [key] [from Strontian, a Scottish town], a metallic chemical element; symbol Sr; at. no. 38; at. wt. 87.62; m.p. 769℃; b.p. 1,384℃; sp. gr. 2.6 at 20℃;…

poison

(Encyclopedia) poison, any agent that may produce chemically an injurious or deadly effect when introduced into the body in sufficient quantity. Some poisons can be deadly in minute quantities,…

onion

(Encyclopedia) onion, plant of the family Liliaceae (lily family), of the same genus (Allium) as the chive (A. schoenoprasum), garlic (A. sativum), leek (A. porrum), and shallot (A. ascalonium).…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene V

Scene VInverness. Macbeth's castleEnter Lady Macbeth, reading a letterLady MacbethThey met me in the day of success: and I have learned by the perfectest report, they have more in them than…