To clean tarnished copper bottoms of pots and pans, spread a little ketchup onto the bottom. Let it sit for about one minute. Wipe it clean and rinse.
The loop on a belt that holds the loose end is called a "keeper."
To prevent some numbers from occurring more frequently than others, dice used in crap games in Las Vegas are manufactured to a tolerance of 0.0002 inches, less than 1/17 the thickness of a human hair.
The Lord's Prayer appears twice in the Bible, in Matthew VI and Luke XI.
To see how many children a newlywed couple will have, the Finns count the number of grains of rice in the bride's hair. Czechs send off the newlyweds under a barrage of peas. Italians throw sugared almonds. An African tradition is to throw corn kernels (to signify fertility).
The men who served as guards along the Great Wall of China in the Middle Ages were often born on the wall, grew up there, married there, died there, and were buried within it. Many of these guards never left the wall in their entire lives.
Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes since the early 1950s, was called “Tom-Tom the Tiger” in the island nation of Grenada.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
Tourists should be aware that photography and videotaping are not allowed inside virtually all the castles and furnished historic homes in the United Kingdom.
The minimum safe distance between a wood-burning stove and flammable objects is three feet.
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.
Though the Las Vegas sprawl measures 15 miles wide by 15 miles long, most of the 30 million tourists each year tend to mob the 6-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that includes both the Strip, home to the city's glittering, impressive major casinos, and the downtown area.
The land owned by the U.S. Federal government is about 651 million acres — 29 percent of the country's total.
Tonto Natural Bridge in Arizona is the largest natural travertine bridge in the world, spanning Pine Creek 183 feet high. Mineral springs rich with limestone formed the massive bridge one drop at a time. Hats, shoes, or other items left in the creek become encrusted with travertine and appear to be made of stone.
The largest bird colony in the world is located on the islands off the coast of Peru. Ten million Peruvian boobies and cormorants reside there. Their diet — anchovies — produces the world's finest fertilizer, guano. Because of the value of their droppings, the birds were placed under strict protection by the Incas.
Tourists who are eager to visit recently erupted volcanoes while on vacation should take heed. Volcanic ash has been known to remain hot for a period of nearly one hundred years.
The largest city on the Mississippi River is Memphis, Tennessee.
The largest lake in Australia is Eyre, measuring 3,420 square miles (8,885 sq. km).
Towering more than a mile above the Wyoming valley known as Jackson Hole, the awe-inspiring Grand Teton rises to 13,770 feet above sea level. Located south of Yellowstone National Park, twelve Teton peaks reach higher than 12,000 feet elevation, high enough to support a dozen mountain glaciers. Youngest of the mountains in the Rocky Mountain system, the Teton Range displays some of the North America’s oldest rocks. About 4,100,000 people visit Grand Teton National Park every year.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, played a central role in Greek history. Called Constantinople, it was capital of the Byzantine Empire. The name Istanbul was not officially adopted until 1930.
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