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Maya Blue, a vibrant light blue colour, characterizes the civilisation that flourished across Mesoamerica between the 3rd and 10th century. The pigment was used to decorate pottery, murals and...
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In 2010 Frito-Lay introduced a 100% compostable bag for its SunChips with great fanfare only to yank it off the market a scant eighteen months later.聽 Why?聽 Believe it or not, the bags were too...
Listen to the following remarkable commentary I came across on the web. Here goes: 鈥淚 was just utterly shocked to have recently discovered another FDA first degree murder! When I studied chemistry...
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