by Joseph Esposito | Feb 21, 2025 | Food Trends
What Caused the Loss of Bees Worldwide? Is the Bee Population Still in Trouble? Over the past quarter of a century, the worldwide bee population has seen a dramatic decline. In the United States over the last 15 years, beekeepers have seen a 30% decrease in the size...
by Joseph Esposito | Feb 14, 2025 | Plant History
The Many Uses of One of the World’s Oldest Cultivated Plants According to Greek mythology, the first lily was fashioned from the breast milk of Hera, wife of Zeus, king of the Greek gods and god of the sky. Legend has it that Venus, the goddess of love, had such...
by Joseph Esposito | Feb 7, 2025 | History
Little Known Trivia about the Academy Awards The 2025 Academy Awards are scheduled to be handed out on Sunday, March 2. First given in 1929, the awards are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards have been handed out...
by Joseph Esposito | Jan 31, 2025 | Sports!
Competitors Who Beat the Odds with Even Greater Challenges There’s a tendency to believe that, to succeed at the highest levels of any sport, you need to be blessed with great health and physical gifts. While natural physical ability can play a part in any athlete’s...
by Joseph Esposito | Jan 24, 2025 | Food Trends
Virtually Endless Variations of the World’s Most Popular Food If there’s any food that you can get just about anywhere on the planet, it’s pizza. Though the actual term “pizza” first appeared in print in 997 CE in southern Italy (a tenant on some property agreed to...
