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After her death, the zoo's other Asian elephants were allowed to spend time alongside her body, with Swarna and Maharani being the last to visit her. [26] An elephant with the same first name as Kamala Harris being euthanized three days prior to the 2024 United States presidential election became an internet meme or joke about a "bad omen" for ...
Some U.S. states have legalized marijuana, but Peter Reuter argues that restricting promotion of marijuana once it is legal is more complex than it may initially appear. [ 82 ] According to the United Nations' World Drug Report, cannabis "was the world's most widely produced, trafficked, and consumed drug in the world in 2010", with between 128 ...
Gentlemen Smoking and Playing Backgammon in a Tavern by Dirck Hals, 1627. A Frenchman named Jean Nicot (from whose name the word nicotine derives) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 from Portugal. From there, it spread to England. The first report of a smoking Englishman is of a sailor in Bristol in 1556, seen "emitting smoke from his ...
Elephants have excellent memories.In fact, researchers suggest their memory is just as good as that of dolphins and apes. An elephant never forgets might be an exaggeration, but elephants actually ...
The position of the limbs and leg bones allows an elephant to stand still for extended periods of time without tiring. Elephants are incapable of turning their manus as the ulna and radius of the front legs are secured in pronation. [70] Elephants may also lack the pronator quadratus and pronator teres muscles or have very small ones. [72]
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A study by the British Lung Foundation published in 2012 identifies cannabis smoke as a carcinogen and also finds awareness of the danger is low compared with the high awareness of the dangers of smoking tobacco particularly among younger users. Other observations include possible increased risk from each cigarette; lack of research on the ...