Do grasshoppers like hot or cold?

Do grasshoppers like hot or cold? Grasshopper prefer temperatures of 68 to 100 F for feeding and most feeding occurs during the warmer periods and hotter days. As our temperatures have started to decrease in September, grasshoppers will be feeding less and causing less damage to any later maturing field crops. Does cold kill grasshoppers? […]

Where did high heels originate from?

Where did high heels originate from? High-heeled shoes were first worn in the 10th century as a way to help the Persian cavalry keep their shoes in their stirrups. Since then, men’s heels have gone through varied cultural meanings: symbolizing high social stature, military prowess, refined fashionable taste, and the height of ‘cool’. When did […]

What kind of food do Swazi people eat?

What kind of food do Swazi people eat? Typical dishes are sishwala, a thick porridge served with meat or vegetable stew; incwancwa, a sour porridge made with fermented mealie meal; umbidvo wetintsanga, pumpkin leaves cooked with groundnuts; sidvudvu, a porridge made of pumpkin mixed with mealie meal, and tjwala, traditional beer. What is the famous […]

How was Pluto created?

How was Pluto created? Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula. Gravity collapsed the material in on itself as it began to spin, forming the sun in the center of the nebula. Pluto is unique in the solar system because it is […]

What type of star is Pi Hercules?

What type of star is Pi Hercules? K3 II Why is Hercules a constellation? Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. What […]

Which political party waved bloody shirts?

Which political party waved bloody shirts? White Southerners mocked Butler, using the fiction of him having “waved the bloody shirt”, to dismiss Klan thuggery and other atrocities committed against freed slaves and Republicans. The Red Shirts, a defunct 19th-century white supremacist paramilitary organization, took their name from the term. Who gained presidency waving the bloody […]

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