11. How did the stock exchange start
July 04, 2013
How did the stock exchange start?
Many millions of people-possibly half the population of the United States-have a personal interest in what happens on the stock exchange. Some are directly concerned because they are part owners of companies through stock; others are holders of government a...
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12. What was the first bank
July 04, 2013
What was the first bank?
A grocer deals in food, a hardware store in household items, and a banker in money. The main business of banks is to lend money and to handle money which has been deposited with them. Of course, banks today provide many more services than just these, but it all has t...
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13. What was the first skyscraper
July 04, 2013
What was the first skyscraper?
All over the world today, wherever big cities have grown up, there are very tall buildings that might be called skyscrapers. There is no special reason for calling a building a skyscraper. It's simply a name we have given to very tall buildings.
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14. Where did the peanut originate
July 04, 2013
Where did the peanut originate?
In a certain part of Peru, a group of prehistoric graves were found. As the scientists dug about in these graves, they found peanuts that were thousands of years old! Not only that, but there was pottery that was decorated with peanut designs.
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15. What is hybrid corn
July 04, 2013
What is hybrid corn?
Many of us who have never lived on a farm have no idea of the skill and science that go into raising crops today. We might imagine for example, that the farmer simply scatters seeds in the ground and trusts to luck and nature for good results.
The corn ...
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16. Where did potatoes originate
July 04, 2013
Where did potatoes originate?
When you think of the potato, you think of Ireland. There's a good reason for that. The potato played a very important part in Irish history. More than a hundred years ago the people of Ireland depended upon the potato crop for most of their food. Then, in 1846...
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17. Where did the grapefruit originate
July 03, 2013
Where did the grapefruit originate?
On millions of breakfast tables every morning the grapefruit appears as a favorite dish. You would imagine that we would know all about a fruit as common as this. Yet the origin of the grapefruit is somewhat of a mystery!
There is a fruit...
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18. Where did bananas originate
July 03, 2013
Where did bananas originate?
The banana is one of the oldest known fruits in history. The earliest men of whom there is any record already knew and enjoyed this fruit! It is believed that the banana first grew in southern Asia and that through many centuries it through the East and to the We...
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19. Where did the coconut originate
June 30, 2013
Where did the coconut originate?
The coconut is the nut of a palm tree and is known and useful to millions of people. Now here's a strange thing about this tree. Nobody knows where it originated! At the dawn of history `this tree was already growing in every biotical land and seems to have ...
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20. How did fruits and vegetables get their names
June 29, 2013
How did fruits and vegetables get their names?
The name of everything we come in contact with has an origin, and sometimes it's quite surprising to discover how certain names began. Take a name like gooseberry, for example. It has nothing to do with geese! It was originally gooseberry.
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