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Ammonia is made by something called the Haber process which combines nitrogen from the air with hydrogen derived mainly from a natural gas such as methane. This process was discovered by the German chemists Karl Bosch and Fritz Haber just before World War I.In nature, ammonia comes...
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Why can’t I tickle myself?
According to neuroscientists at the University of London, there are two parts of the brain responsible for how tickling is processed. These regions work...
Who was General Tso and why is chicken named after him?
General Tso's Chicken is named after Chinese statesman and military leader Zuo Zongtang (a.k.a General Tso, Tso Tsung-t'ang, and Marquis Kejing), but he personally...
Why is it called the Super Bowl?
The inaugural game was not officially known as the Super Bowl. In a 1966 letter to then-NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, AFL founder and Kansas...
Do animals have umbilical cords?
All animals that are viviparous (give birth to live young instead of laying eggs) have umbilical cords.Since mammals are gestated inside their mothers, all...
