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There are many different styles of ocarinas varying in shape and the number of holes: Transverse (Sweet potato) – This is the best-known style of ocarina. It has a rounded shape and is held with two hands horizontally. Depending on the number of holes, the player opens one more hole than the previous note to ascend in pitch.
Potato Patches, also known as Patches Plain or, colloquially, The Patches, is an agricultural area and uninhabited rural settlement in Tristan da Cunha, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
“If a sweet potato is about the size of your fist (roughly 5 inches x 2 inches) then it will be suitable for one person. If it’s the size of two fists, then it can serve two people.”
Bugles were developed by a food engineer, Verne E. Weiss of Plymouth, Minnesota. [3] Bugles were test-marketed in 1965 and introduced nationally in early 1966 as one of several new General Mills snacks, [4] including flower-shaped Daisys [sic]; wheel-shaped Pizza Spins; [5] tube-shaped Whistles; [6] cheddar cheese-flavored Buttons; and bow-shaped, popcorn-flavored Bows, [7] all of which were ...
A cab driver claims he “had no idea” he had become the getaway driver for a robbery at a bank in Massachusetts, according to reports. Dennis Ferrante was working his normal shift when a man ...
For half a century, the economy in Connell, Washington, was hotter than oil. Up until last fall, this plant processed 300 million pounds of potatoes into french fries every year.
Other infantry used drums when marching and had whistles to signal when skirmishing, but the Rifle Corps was a much larger body of men that would be expected to spread out over a large area under a single commander. As a result, the bugle was taken from cavalry traditions because signals could pass much further without the need for repeats.
The Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, claims to contain the world's largest collection of potato artifacts. It is also home to a Potato Hall of Fame. A 14-foot (4.3 m) high giant potato made of fiberglass stands at the entrance and visitors can learn about the origins of the wild potato up to modern-day agricultural ...