Spelling bees are mostly unique to the English language due to its spelling irregularities.  Other languages . . . like Hindi, Italian, German, and Turkish . . . have highly phonetic writing systems, with a virtually one-to-one ratio of letters to sound, which makes “spelling” predictable.

About two million years ago, there was a species of rodents that were as big as hippopotamuses.

The first recorded sandwich in history was made by a rabbi named Hillel the Elder for Passover in the first century B.C.  It was a mix of nuts, apples, spices, and wine in between two pieces of matzah.

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