Margaret’s Store, 1940
The Dubuque, Iowa storefront features an owl promoting the state’s iconic potato supply. What Owls have to do with potatoes, well, the world may never know.
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The More You Know
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
- Tarantula bites are about as painful as bee stings.
- Coca-Cola once bought all the website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.
- 12 plants and 5 animals make up 75% of diets around the world.