Friday 19 July 2013

Fact Hunters: Apples, carnivals and titanium

James Bickell 
Apples and other produce (e.g., pears, bananas, peaches, potatoes) contain an enzyme (called polyphenol oxidase or tyrosinase) that reacts with oxygen and iron-containing phenols that are also found in the apple. The oxidation reaction basically forms a sort of rust on the surface of the fruit.

Kie Allen
Traditionally, there are from 350 to 400 distinct types of French cheese grouped into eight categories 'les huit familles de fromage. There can be many varieties within each type of cheese, leading some to claim closer to 1,000 different types of French cheese.

Thelma Amankwah
  1. The carnival is a wild four-day party held 40 days before Easter.
  2. It started yesterday and ends on 'Fat Tuesday', the day before the start of Lent, Ash Wednesday.
  3. February is the hottest month of the year in Rio and the city is at its liveliest. 
Prince
Did you know that titanium is a strong, low-density, highly corrosion-resistant, lustrous white metallic element that occurs widely in igneous rocks and is used to alloy aircraft metals for low weight, strength, and high-temperature stability?



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