Original Purpose of Things
This element was originally used as a deadly weapon in the WWI. Now it's widely used for cleaning purporses
Chlorine
Legally only THEY can practice belly dancing in Egypt
Only women
If compared to its size, what is the strongest muscle in human body?
The Tongue
I will send a picture in the chat. Name the nut
Chestnut
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Catalan, Spain
Linoleum was originally designed to cover floors in such buildings
Hospitals. It's durable and easy to clean
In the state of Arizona it's illegal to cut down this plant. Offenders can face up to 25 years in prison.
Cactus
In Iran this nut's name is literally translated as the "smiling nut", in China it's called the "happy nut"
Pistachio
This country is by far the leading nation in nut production
The USA
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Iceland
Even nowadays chainsaws are associated with noise and destruction. The franchise "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is one of the examples. However, the original purpose of chainsaws is now less disturbing.
Doctors in the 1780s needed something better than a small knife for symphysiotomy, a procedure to widen the pelvis during difficult childbirths.
In France you can do this on a train platform only before the train arrives. If it already has arrived, people are asked to use a special area for it.
Kissing
In 2022 the USA National Park Service made a plea advising people against licking a specific species of frogs - the Sonoran desert toad. Why was this plea necessary to make?
The frogs' skin secretes a toxin with powerful psychedelic effects, a phenomenon leading an increasing number of people to either lick the back of these toads or collect and store the toxins they secrete for later consumption. While hallucinations and euphoria are common effects of this activity, experts warn that this highly potent toxin can also cause nausea, anxiety, seizures and, in some cases, even death.
Cyanide, a deadly poison, is famously associated with this nut for its smell
Almond
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Sri Lanka
Stephanie Kwolek searched for lightweight materials to make more fuel-efficient car tires at DuPont. She created an unusual fiber solution that lab technicians initially refused to test. While the invention never revolutionized tires, the material now saves countless lives of people, especially those in the military. Name the material.
Kevlar
Apart from a very logical law against driving under influence, it's also illegal to drive like this in Alabama. It also makes sense if you think about it.
Blindfolded
This is the reason it's not advisable to lick the metals from the first column of the periodic table of elements
Those are alkali metals, they're highly reactive with water
In Iran this nut's name is literally translated as the "smiling nut", in China it's called the "happy nut"
Pistachio
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Estonia
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium where he created a simple breakfast food now known as cereals. Why?
The bland breakfast food was supposed to suppress sexual desires of patients. His brother Will saw the cereal’s commercial potential and added sugar to make it more appealing. Their disagreement led to separate companies. The modified recipe became incredibly successful, spawning numerous imitators and establishing Battle Creek as America’s cereal capital.
If a person asks you for THIS in Arizona, you are obliged to give it to them. Where you find it is totally up to you.
Water
Names the exact number of tastes our tongue can detect.
6. Bitter, salty, sweet, sour, umami (savoury) and oleogustus (fat).
An American expression "to be paid peanuts" means to be paid very little. Why peanuts though?
Peanuts were very common in America's South-West and those who were working with crops were often paid with what they were harvesting - peanuts. Needless to say, a lot of them would've preferred money :)
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Fiji