The broadest definition of a beverage is “any portable liquid”, suggesting the term includes water. Colloquially known as “the elixir of life”, humans cannot live without water for more than 3 days. Moreover, hydration purposes aside, we need water for almost every aspect of our daily lives, i.e. washing, cleaning, laundry, cooking, growing crops, etc….
Unlikely as it may seem, man’s deadliest adversary from the animal kingdom is the tiny mosquito. They are estimated to kill up to 1 million people every year throughout the tropical regions of the world. The victims die after being bitten by the insect, which can transmit such deadly diseases as malaria, dengue fever, Zika…
Most experts agree that humans first appeared on Earth around 6 million years ago. It was not until the turn of the 19th century that the world’s population reached 1 billion. Fast forward a little over 200 years to the present day and we now have more than 8 billion people on the planet. In…
The High-life You might well know that the small island nations of Tuvalu, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Kiribati have an average elevation of 2 m or less above sea level. This obviously makes them the lowest-lying nations on the planet. On the contrary you might not know those countries whose populations are literally…
Pidgeon or Dove? The first thing to know about doves and pigeons is scientifically speaking, they are the same living species. For example, the rock dove (Columba livia) is equally known as the rock pigeon. The word “dove” originates from the Nordic languages, whereas “pigeon” is a word borrowed from French. All doves and pigeons…
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