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French fries (North American English & British English), chips (British and other national varieties), [1] finger chips (Indian English), [2] french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are batonnet or allumette-cut [3] deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium or France.
The metal-cased blue-and-silver Walkman TPS-L2, the world's first low-cost personal stereo, went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, and was sold for around ¥33,000 (or $150.00). [13] Though Sony predicted it would sell about 5,000 units a month, it sold more than 30,000 in the first two months. [10] The original logo from 1981 to 2000
She also made an appearance on FANtasies, an anthology series. [16] [17] In early 2017, the genre of her content changed from entirely gaming-oriented to primarily reaction videos. [18] [19] That year, her channel grew to over five million subscribers, and she was among the ten entrants in Forbes' "Top Influencers" list in the "Gaming" category ...
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Originally used for medicinal purposes, the use of gin as a social drink did not grow rapidly at first. However, in 1690, England passed "An Act for the Encouraging of the Distillation of Brandy and Spirits from Corn" and within four years the annual production of distilled spirits, most of which was gin, reached nearly one million gallons. [21] "
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...
Peasants, however, did not have the right to wear silk until the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). [6] Paper was one of the greatest discoveries of ancient China. Beginning in the 3rd century BC, paper was made in all sizes with various materials. [15] Silk was no exception, and silk workers had been making paper since the 2nd century BC.
He did not realise that he had created a puzzle until the first time he scrambled his new Cube and then tried to restore it. [20] Rubik applied for a patent in Hungary for his "Magic Cube" ( Hungarian : bűvös kocka ) on 30 January 1975, [ 4 ] and HU170062 was granted later that year.