MINNEWIT

Minuit, Peter Minuit, Minnewit, Peter Minnewit

(noun) Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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8 January 2025

SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Menโ€™s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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