Do you think you could live/survive in a zombie apocalypse? How would you survive? What would you do?
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Question #1
Question (rules)
Question is going to be a category were we will ask you, the audience, random questions about anything. You can also ask us question and we will replay to the questions as soon as we can. The only rules it has to be appropriate and have to be nice.
Random Facts #3: Star fruit
Carambola, also known as star fruit are a fruit native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and all over Malesia. The tree the fruit grows on is the Averrhoa Carambola, which is part of the Oxalidaceae tree family. The entire fruit is edible but can also be used in cooking and made into juice drinks. The star fruit is commonly grown in tropical areas but has been cultivated in Indian Subcontinents and Southeast Asia for long times. The fruit is about 5 – 15 cm, oval shaped, contains Caramboxin and Oxalic acid. Coaramboxin is a neurotoxin that can cause health risks to someone that might have a kidney disease, kidney stones, or undergoing kidney dialysis treatment. After consumption, a person with the disease could experience hiccups, vomiting, nausea, mental confusion, or even death. Other uses is that since the Star fruit is an acidic sour type of fruit, its juice can be used to clean rusty metals or brass.
History: Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish War was a fight between the Kingdom Italy and the Ottoman Empire. This war lasted from September 29, 1911, to October 18, 1912. Before the war, the Italian wanted to gain territory in North Africa by taking Tripolitana and Cyrenaica from the Turkish. This cause a imbalance in the international Balance of power. The “Balance of power” refers to the international relations, posture and policies of a nation protecting itself from another nation by matching power. When the Italians declared war they started to quickly over take towns and villages. There were a few delays because of the Muslim population formed a resistance and stalemates were formed. The war remain a stalemate until the Italians launched a successful offensive attack in North Africa. This war also inspired the new Balkan states to threaten to go to war against the Ottoman Empire at the same time(the Balkan War). Now the Ottoman Empire was desperate for peace and with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1912 of October, the Turkish gave its rights over Tripoli and Cyrenaica to Italy.
History: Gummy Bears
Gummy Bears are a colorful, fruit flavored, gelatin based candies sold in stores around the world. They are traditionally made from sugar, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, glucose syrup and gelatin. They originated in Germany by Hans Riegel Sr. in the 19th century. He started the company of Haribo in 1920 and created the gummy bears in 1922. The company started off well, but was greatly effected by the start of WW2. Unfortunately, Riegel died during the war and his two sons were captured by the Allied Forces; to be released later on. After all this, the company of Haribo continued to grow into the company seen today. Since the 1920’s the Haribo company has created other gummy products, such as the gummy worms and gummy rings; however the gummy bear will remain a main treat for all ages in Germany.
Riddles #2
I am terrifying, fear inspiring, scary, and dark; but i am smart. The physical world can’t harm me but i can effect it. I can show the worse outcome of a bad situation. I can be vivid but helpful. I can be eerie and intimidating but can make you stronger with every visit. However, in the end you could forget me till the next night. What am I?
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Did You Know #2
Did you know there is a rare condition that prevents a person from having properly functioning “mind’s eyes”. This mean that the person being affected by this condition is not able to visualizes anything on command. It’s call Aphantasia and affect 1 – 3 percent of people. A person with Aphantasia won’t be able to pull up an mental image of something as easily as someone without Aphantasia. Read more about Aphantasia?
Random Facts #2
- Solanum Lycopersicum is another name for a tomato
- No country owns Antarctica
- Russian and the U.S. borders at their closest are less then 2 miles apart
- Austria was the first country to use postcards
- Canada is a word from the Indian language, Laurentian, meaning “Village”
- triskaidekaphobia ia a fear of the number 13
- The creature that kills the most people yearly is the mosquito
History: Winter War
The winter war was a fight between the Soviet Union and Finland during WW2. It started the 30 of November 1939; only 3 month after WW2 started. It lasted three and a half months and ended 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty. The war started because the Soviets wanted Finnish territory in exchange for land elsewhere. However Finland refused and USSR invaded the country. There were many casualties during the war and at least 80,000 lost on both sides. After the Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, Finland relinquished 11% of its territory. After, Finland was able to retain its Sovereignty and enhanced international reputation. Unfortunately, the bad performance of the Red Army, made Nazi leader Adolf Hitler think attacking them would be successful; also known as Operation Barbarossa. This failed and the USSR ended up joining the Allies in WW2.
Riddle #1
Imagine you are in a boat. The boat is broken and is filling with water. There is an island that you could swim to, but there is a big shark circling your sinking boat. It looks like it wants to eat you as soon as your boats gone. There is no way to out swim it and you don’t have anything with you. How do you escape unharmed?
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