Chirpty

Digging up facinating little tidbits about the world that you may or may not know!

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A Calorie (as used in foods) is the measure of how much energy it takes to raise the heat in a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.

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"Velcro" is actually just the brand name for "Hook and Fastener Tape". Invented in 1948, the idea came to a Swiss engineer from a plant bur.