Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday immediately following the Black Friday in the U.S, created by companies to persuade people to shop online. The term firstly popular on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org site.
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Black Friday

The number of shoppers who make purchases on Thanksgiving Day, either online or in stores, went from 10.3 million in 2005 to 22.3 million last year.


-H.S

The breathing earth

http://www.breathingearth.net/

-P.V.

Frozen vs. Fresh Vegetables

"The nutritional value of fresh vegetables is determined by their seasonality and availability in the area. Many vegetables have travelled far distances to land in the produce section of your chain grocery store. When the vegetables are shipped across the country, they are exposed to extreme temperatures which release their important nutrients like vitamin A and C. Many fresh vegetables, which need to be shipped great distances, have also been harvested before they are ripe (before vitamins and nutrients have had a chance to fully develop within the vegetable)." - fitday.com

Buffalo Wings

The delicious we food we know as buffalo wings was first created in no other place than Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. Teressa Bellissimo is credited with the creation of the deep fried wings covered in hot sauce. Chicken wings used to only be served for soup but she decided to put them out with blue cheese and it was an instant hit. So if you want truly orginal buffalo wings head to 1047 Main Street, Buffalo, New York.

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-Ben Griscom

Apple Fun Facts

• Apples are a member of the rose family.
• Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
• The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea.
• Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit. There are apples that have an aftertaste of pears, citrus, cinnamon, cloves, coconut, strawberries, grapes and even pineapple!
• Planting an apple seed from a particular apple will not produce a tree of that same variety. The seed is a cross of the tree the fruit was grown on and the variety that was the cross pollinator.
• Apples have five seed pockets or carpels. Each pocket contains seeds. The number of seeds per carpel is determined by the vigor and health of the plant. Different varieties of apples will have different number of seeds.
• It takes energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
• Fresh apples float because 25% of their volume is air (thank goodness, or none of us would have ever experienced bobbing for apples!).
• Apples ripen six to ten times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated. For optimal storage, apples should be kept at 35-40 degrees with relative humidity of 80-90%.

source:http://www.orangepippin.com

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Sun

99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.



-Alberto