Category: FAQ

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Why is EDTA used in food? In foods, EDTA bound to iron is used to “fortify” grain-based products such as breakfast cereals and cereal bars. EDTA is also used to help preserve food; and to promote the color, texture, and flavor of food. What does EDTA do in mayonnaise? Calcium Disodium EDTA in Mayonaisse It […]

Is my bonsai tree dead or dormant? Start in an inconspicuous and scrape off a small portion of the bark with your fingernail. If you don’t find green under the surface, keep scratching. When you get down to hardwood and don’t uncover green, your tree has died (or, at least that portion of it). What […]

Will 33 tires fit my truck? Depending on your vehicle make and model, you can sometimes fit up to 33″ tires on your truck if it is un-lifted. Although bigger ones might fit, they can interfere you’re your vehicles balance and suspension. However, if your truck is lifted it could accommodate tires of 37″ or […]

Do pacu fish lay eggs? Pacu fish usually release around 150,000 – 200,000 eggs at a time. Some females can even release as many as one million eggs! Can pacu live with other fish? Red bellied pacus are not aggressive fish and, though they prefer to be kept with others of their own species, they […]

What is the difference between selective incorporation and total incorporation? After the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court favored a process called “selective incorporation.” Under selective incorporation, the Supreme Court would incorporate certain parts of certain amendments, rather than incorporating an entire amendment at once. What do selective and total incorporation refer to? […]

What does the slope of the PPF show? The slope of the PPF indicates the opportunity cost of producing one good versus the other good, and the opportunity cost can be compared to the opportunity costs of another producer to determine comparative advantage. How do you derive the PPF curve? The PPF can be derived […]

Who was president for a few days? A plaque affixed to a statue in Plattsburg, Missouri, reads, “David Rice Atchison, 1807–1886, President of United States One Day.” The day of Atchison’s presumed presidency was March 4, 1849. What President has died in office? List of presidents of the United States who died in office Presidents […]

What is the significance of the title Ulysses? “Ulysses” is the Roman name for the Greek hero Odysseus, the mythical king of Ithaca who fought in the Trojan War alongside Achilles, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and others. He spent ten years fighting in the war, and then spent another ten years trying to get home! Why should […]

What is the volume of ice on Greenland? about 2,900,000 km3 How long will it take for the Greenland ice sheet to melt? Greenland’s ice sheet shrank between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago, and has been slowly cumulating over the past 4,000 years. The current melting will reverse that pattern and within the next 1,000 […]