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When stored properly, honey never goes bad. It may crystallize or darken over time, but it will still be safe to eat, although warmth or heat can change honey’s flavor.
It is important to store honey, sealed in air-tight, glass containers (Honey will oxidize if stored in plastic or metal) to prevent it from fermenting. Unclean or wet utensils can also ruin honey, but if stored correctly and used with care, honey will last forever!
What is the only edible food that never goes bad?
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner, a Romanian gymnast, was the first gymnast to ever be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. Comăneci became an Olympic gold medalist (all in individual events) at the age of 14 and went on to receive 6 more perfect 10s on her way to winning 3 Gold Medals at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. She won 2 more Gold Medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow and scored 2 more perfect 10s. Over the course of her gymnastic career Ms. Comăneci won a total of 9 Olympic Medals, 5 of them gold.
Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games?
The first feature-length animated movie ever released was Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The film, released in 1937 took years to make, altering the world of film animation forever. The artwork (today we call it graphic arts), the soundtrack and animation were so groundbreaking, the film received an Honorary Academy Award “as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field”. At the ceremony, Shirley Temple presented Walt Disney with a traditional Oscar, but he was also given seven miniature statuettes.
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
The loudest animal on Earth is the Sperm Whale.
What is the loudest animal on Earth?
Ferdinand Magellan, born Fernão de Magalhães in February of 1480, was a Portuguese explorer, known in Spanish as Fernando de Magallanes, and in English as Ferdinand Magellan.
Best known for planning and leading the Spanish expedition to the East Indies sailing from Sanlucar de Barrameda southwest across the Atlantic Ocean, to the eastern coast of South America and then down to Patagonia.
In the process of discovering the passage that now bears his name (Straits of Magellan), he become the first European to sail from the Atlantic into and across the Mar del Sur to open a maritime trade route to Asia. In doing so, Magellan renamed Mar del Sur, the “Peaceful Sea” which we now know as the Pacific Ocean.
A Formula One driver born Maria Grazia “Lella” Lombardi in 1941, Lella Lombardi raced in 17 grands prix and in 1975, became the first female driver to ever score any points in a Grand Prix. She finished 6th in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona’s Montjuich Park in Spain. The race was stopped prematurely after 29 laps when another driver crashed badly, killing several spectators, however, her placement earned her half a point in the Grand Prix. Sadly, Lella Lombardi died of cancer in March of 1992.