How Is Flour Made?
We would not have any bread (or many other foods) if we didn’t have flour. Flour is made by grinding, or milling, cereal grains into fine powder. Most flour is...
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How Are Seedless Navel Orange Trees Grown?
How Are Seedless Navel Orange Trees Grown? A seedless navel orange tree is grown by grafting a bud from a twig of a grown navel orange tree to the rooted seedling of...
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Are Weeds Completely Useless?
Are Weeds Completely Useless? A weed is any plant that is growing where we don’t want it to grow. For example, such weeds as dandelions and crab grass spoil the...
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How Did the Strawberry Get Its Name?
How Did the Strawberry Get Its Name? There are several possible explanations of how the strawberry got its name. The name may come from the practice of shoving straw...
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Why Do Mexican Jumping Beans Jump?
Why Do Mexican Jumping Beans Jump? A jumping bean’s movement is caused by a larva, or caterpillar, wriggling around inside it. The “beans” are...
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