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What’s the scoop on salt?  We need some but how much?

What’s the scoop on salt? We need some but how much?

Salt is an acquired taste. You may love it now, but you weren’t born that way. Just consider what happens if you put salt on a baby’s tongue – that poor kid will screw up his face and …well if he could talk! But give that same child a taste of sugar and… then, you’ll...
Broken radar screen angers drivers

Broken radar screen angers drivers

A video that shows that a radar screen placed on the Cuenca-Azogues highway (Ucubamba sector), marked different speed ranges—despite the fact that there was no vehicular traffic—went viral on social media this week. The video generated a series of negative comments...
Giant tortoise “reemerges” on Galapagos island

Giant tortoise “reemerges” on Galapagos island

A giant turtle that was considered extinct for almost a century was found on the island of Fernandina, in the Galapagos, according to Ecuador’s Environment Minister, Marcelo Mata. Mata said that an adult female of the species Chelonoidis Phantasticus was found on an...