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Wild animals often carry diseases that are incurable - and sometimes fatal - in humans.

Certain states and cities have laws that allow for wild animals to be kept as pets.

Cooking shows have influenced and inspired both home cooks and professional chefs to try new cuisines and techniques.

Cooking shows have had a long history in the US, going back to radio shows in the 1920's and 30's.

Several cities around the world have experimented with free public transportation but eventually have had to bring back fares.

Free public transportation would encourage more people to ride buses and trains, which cause less pollution than cars do.

Jurors hear all the evidence in a case and then agree on a decision based on thoughtful discussion.

Jury trials can be very slow, sometimes taking weeks or even months before jurors reach a decision.

.Boxing promotes discipline, increases self-esteem, and encourages physical fitness.

Boxing glamorizes aggression and physical violence against other people.

Many anglers find that fishing promotes both patience and care for the natural world.

Fishing requires the use of special equipment as well as access to a clean body of water.

Large-scale farming allows farmers to produce more food with less money, making food cheaper for consumers/buyers.

Large-scale farming contributes/adds to local economies by generating jobs in addition to revenue.

Over ninety percent of farming operations in the United States are owned by families rather than corporations.

Large-scale farming drives smaller family-owned farms out of business, putting families at risk.

For most children, learning a foreign language becomes harder after age seven.

Translation apps, which can translate any language into English, are easy to use.

Learning a foreign language gives children insight into a different culture.

Qualified foreign-language teachers are in short supply.

It is also used to make warm winter underwear, gloves, hats, and scarves.

Wool can be made into all kinds of clothing—socks, sweaters, skirts, pants, and suits.

People sleep on wool mattresses, under wool blankets, or in wool sleeping bags.

They sit on wool car seat covers and walk on wool rugs and carpets.

Wool doesn't easily catch fire. When it does, it doesn't melt, drip, or give off poisonous smoke. As the fabric burns, it creates a kind of ash that puts the fire out.

Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States.

Flood effects can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins and multiple states

But flash floods can develop quickly, sometimes in just a few minutes and without any visible signs of rain.

Turtles and other reptiles often carry a germ called Salmonella, but appear perfectly healthy and clean.

People think Salmonella infections are caused only by contaminated food, but these germs can also be caught by touching animals, including reptiles or amphibians, such as frogs..

Since 1975, it has been illegal in the United States to sell or distribute small turtles with shells that measure less than 4 inches in length.

This size was chosen because young children are more likely to treat smaller turtles as toys and put them in their mouths.

The doctors met again on Monday, though this time only eleven of them were in attendance.

Many of the recommendations were intelligent and reasonable: Clean up the streets, set up a hospital for fever victims, avoid fatigue, limit the intake of beer and wine, put patients in airy rooms, and remove fouled clothes and bed linens frequently

At this meeting they issued a list of measures for citizens to follow; the list was sent to Mayor Clarkson, who sent it on to Governor Mifflin and the newspapers.

One suggestion alarmed many citizens: Stay away from anyone with the fever.

Whether you make it all the way across the country, or just a short distance, a trip on the trans-Siberian train is one of the most exciting things to do in Russia and a wonderful way to reach the least explored places

Most travelers go in the summer to see the flowering nature and easily explore the towns along the way.

However, winter offers its own adventure, with . . . magnificent views of endless white.

In winter, the trains are warm

Whether you make it all the way across the country, or just a short distance, a trip on the trans-Siberian train is one of the most exciting things to do in Russia and a wonderful way to reach the least explored places.. . .

You can have a great experience at any time of the year.

Most travelers go in the summer to see the flowering nature and easily explore the towns along the way.

"I am Patroclus, son of Menoitius." My voice sounded high, and scratchy.

"I am here as a suitor for Helen. My father is a king and the son of kings."

I stood and carried the bowl to the pile of gifts, placed it where it would not topple.

I had no more to say. My father had not instructed me; he had not thought that Tyndareus would ask me to speak.

Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing.

When Dorothy presently asked him a question the Tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his jaws were tightly rusted together.

These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted.

This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret.

At the edge of the forest, the group passed by an enormous blackened tree stump. I

Even for a twelve-year-old boy—which is what he was, after all—he was considered timid.

If the men had intended to harm him, then they could have done it already.

His dad had the pickup going.

He didn't worry about a shirt because once he began running he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill...

...or shoes because the bottoms of his feet were by now as tough as his worn-out sneakers.

Jess slid out of bed and into his overalls.

"We want to make sure you don't get bored," Dad said.

"In Taiwan," Mom said, "a lot of kids study in the summer, too. But, anyway, don't worry. We just signed you up for fun classes."

This was another time that I didn't trust Mom's idea of fun.

"All different," Mom said. "Lissy has calligraphy, Pacy has painting birds and flowers, and Ki-Ki has paper cutting."

But my audition for the Connecticut All-State High School Orchestra is in ten minutes, and I'm trying to relax.

I raise my bow above the strings, about to practice one last time. And that's when I hear it. This note.

My concentration's broken. That's never happened to me before.

Violists hate it when we violinists crack viola jokes.

Steaming tamales the traditional way to cook the fillings takes too much time.

Tamales are a traditional Latin American dish typically cooked in corn husks or banana leaves.

Turnip greens grown from food scraps are more delicious than those that grow on whole turnips.

If a turnip top is salvaged from food scraps and placed in shallow water, fresh turnip greens will grow.

In a 2020 survey of why people chose railroad over air travel, thirty-two percent of respondents said they wanted to reduce their environmental impact.

For long trips, taking a train to a vacation destination is far more comfortable than riding on a plane.

Certain insects help flowering plants reproduce by moving pollen between the plant's different parts.

Tomato plants, with their bright colors and sturdy vines, make attractive additions to home gardens.

Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo played piano from the age of five and started learning guitar at twelve.

Olivia Rodrigo's hit single Drivers License is the catchiest song from her album Sour.

Snapdragons are an easy plant for beginner gardeners to use in flower boxes.

Snapdragons are colorful, cool-season flowers with a shape that resembles the snout of a dragon.

The Easter Island statues, which were built between the tenth and sixteenth centuries, are worth the long flight it takes to visit them.

The statues on Easter Island have an average height of thirteen feet and an average weight of fourteen tons.

The Vietnamese mossy frog looks very strange with its many spots, bumps, and spines.

In northern Vietnam, there is a frog that camouflages itself to look like moss.

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