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The lemon was later introduced to the Americas in 1493, when Christopher Columbus brought lemon seeds to Hispaniola on his voyages. Spanish conquest throughout the New World helped spread lemon seeds. It was mainly used as an ornamental plant and for medicine. [2] In the 19th century, lemons were increasingly planted in Florida and California. [2]
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employees— Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim —in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
Google acquires YouTube. [23] 2006 October 31 Companies LiveLeak, a UK-based video sharing website that lets users post and share videos (often of reality footage, politics, war, and other world events), is founded. 2006 December Companies Youku, one of China's top online video and streaming service platforms, is founded. [24] 2007 January 15 ...
A lemon battery is a simple battery often made for the purpose of education. Typically, a piece of zinc metal (such as a galvanized nail) and a piece of copper (such as a penny) are inserted into a lemon and connected by wires. Power generated by reaction of the metals is used to power a small device such as a light-emitting diode (LED).
1875. Website. fete-du-citron.com. The Fête du Citron is a carnival event organised by the tourist office of the city of Menton, France, and held every year at the end of winter. It is also sometimes called Carnaval de Menton (Carnival of Menton). The festival celebrates the annual production of specialty lemons and other citrus fruit in Menton.
Carbonated lemonade (R. White's lemonade soft drink pictured), typical in the UK, Ireland and Oceania. Lemonade is a sweetened lemon -flavored drink. There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. [1] In North America and South Asia, lemonade is typically non-carbonated and non-clarified (called "cloudy lemonade" in British English ...
He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand." [4] Although the first two known uses in print are by Hubbard, [5] [6] [7] many modern authors [8] [9] attribute the expression to Dale Carnegie who used it in his 1948 book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Carnegie's version reads: "If You Have a Lemon, Make a ...
A lemonade stand is a business that is commonly owned and operated by a child or children, to sell lemonade. The concept has become iconic of youthful summertime American culture [1] to the degree that parodies and variations on the concept exist across media. The term may also be used to refer to stands that sell similar beverages like iced ...