Category: Ethnicity

What beat Goodfellas for Best Picture? Nevermind “Dances with Wolves” beating “Goodfellas,” because at least “Dances with Wolves” is a respectable western. Who keeps the Best Picture Oscar? Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer or producers. The Academy used the […]

How much would could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? New York state wildlife expert Richard Thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. Thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount […]

What are these little bugs on my clothes? Adult clothes moths do not feed on clothing, but their larvae will eat tiny holes in your fabrics. Two kinds exist: case-making clothes moths and webbing clothes moths. The larvae of both types are cream colored, but case-making larvae create silk cases, which they feed from and […]

What does the name Lou mean? famous warrior Is Mary Lou a first name? Mary Lou: Mary Lou is a female name. See also: Marylou, Mary Louise and Mary Louisa. Where does the name Mary Lou come from? Marylou means “sea of bitterness”, “drop of the sea”, “star of the sea”, “rebelliousness”, “exalted one” and […]

How do you clean a hairbrush after lice? If you think your hairbrush is infested with head lice, clean it as follows: Remove all hair from the brush. Soak the brush in rubbing alcohol or in a medicated shampoo meant to kill lice [source: New York]. Rinse off the brush, and allow it to dry. […]

Is flour dense? Flour, wheat weighs 0.593 gram per cubic centimeter or 593 kilogram per cubic meter, i.e. density of flour, wheat is equal to 593 kg/m³. In Imperial or US customary measurement system, the density is equal to 37.02 pound per cubic foot [lb/ft³], or 0.3428 ounce per cubic inch [oz/inch³] . Is flour […]

What is the difference between maki and temaki sushi? Maki is the typical sushi roll you see in restaurants, a cylinder cut into 6 or 8 pieces. Temaki is a cone made of the same ingredients as maki, but meant for a single person. Where you can share a maki, a temaki is hard to […]

What is the difference between carbohydrates and polysaccharides? When used as nouns, carbohydrate means a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant, whereas polysaccharide means a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source […]

Does a furnace have to have a cold air return? In order for your furnace to run efficiently and your home to heat evenly, this airflow must be in balance. In other words, the amount of air that your furnace “breathes in” must equal the amount of air it “breathes out.” Cold air returns are […]

Who are the allies of Honduras? Countries with international borders to Honduras are El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, it shares maritime borders with Belize, Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico. Who is the current foreign secretary? The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Dominic Raab is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First […]