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Walnuts are tree nuts in the genus Juglans -- especially Juglans regia, which produces the commercially-dominant English Walnut. Walnuts have an inedible but often aromatic husk which is removed during processing ...

Western cuisine's sole entry in the category of 'dessert vegetables,' rhubarb has a tart, berry-like flavor, and its fleshy stalks are a popular base for pies and other fruit ...

Global cooling refers to the drop in Earth's temperatures. Canadian scientist Kenneth Tapping determined that a drop in temperatures across the globe from January 2007 to January 2008 is ...

Dutch vodka Ketel One was first sold and distributed worldwide in 1992, though the distillery of its origin has produced a similar product since the late 17th century.

Bechamel sauce, also known as white sauce, is extremely popular in French cuisine and a fundamental element of many other European cuisines. Known as the mother sauce, it consists of ...

16th century astronomer, physician and mystic Nostradamus published a series of prophecies, which were written in quatrains and arranged in ten sections, or "centuries" of 100 verses each. Nostradamus' reportedly ...

Renny Harlin's The Covenant follows four students at a New England university who are bound by a covenant started by their magical ancestors in the late 17th century.

A necktie (also known as a tie) is a long piece of cloth worn around the neck with a collard shirt. Ties are typically part of a suit or uniform ...