Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Aztec Chocolate, Camp Snoopy, and Beaver Food

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Tuesday January 5, 2010

What's a beaver's favorite food?

Although beavers live near rivers, streams, and lakes they do not eat fish. Beavers eat only plants. They eat poplar trees, carrots, cattail, mushrooms, potatoes, berries, water plants, swamp wood, and fruit. Soft bark is the main food for a beaver.

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What can you do at Camp Snoopy?

Camp Snoopy is the largest indoor themed entertainment park in America. Located inside The Mall of The Americas in Bloomington, Minnesota, Camp Snoopy sits under 1.2 miles of skylights which allow 70 percent of the natural light to enter the Park. Camp Snoopy is home to over 400 trees and 30,000 live plants. Over 20,000 lady bugs have been released into Camp Snoopy to allow for a natural means for pest control.

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How much water is on Mars?

The atmosphere of Mars is relatively moist. However, because the atmosphere is thin, the total amount of water in the atmosphere is minimal. If all the water in the atmosphere of Mars was collected, it would likely only fill a small pond.

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How many Creme Eggs do people eat?

Over 180 million Cadbury's Creme Eggs are sold between January and Easter each year that's more than three Creme Eggs for every man, woman, and child in the U.S.

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Did the Aztecs like their chocolate?

Chocolate, as a drink, was a favorite of Montezuma, Emperor of the Aztecs. In the early 1500's, Montezuma drank as much as 50 glasses of chocolate every day. Hernando Cortez, the Spanish conquistador, brought the drink back to Spain in 1529. It remained a favorite of the Spanish royalty for many years before becoming consumed widely throughout Europe. Three centuries later in England chocolate was first used as a non-liquid confection.

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