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A POPULAR DRINK • An average of 3 billion cups of tea are drunk every day around the world, with green tea being the most popular type of tea. In the U.S., 1.2 million pounds of tea leaves are used daily.

• There are over 3,000 different varieties of tea, but all of it, whether black, green, white, or oolong comes from the same plant, Camellia sinesis, an evergreen shrub or small tree. The word “camellia” comes from the name of botanist Georg Kamel for whom the plant is named, and “sinesis” comes from the Latin word for China. Different types of tea come from different leaves that are plucked from the plant, as well as the different ways the leaves are treated after being harvested.

• Herbal teas that come from plants other than Camellia sinesis such as chamomile or peppermint are not true teas, but are instead more accurately called “infusions.” Flavored teas, on the other hand, are made of real tea with various added essences, including herbal ones (continued on next page)

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• The word xenia has a variety of meanings.

To the ancient Greeks, it was the concept of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown to those far from home. To the botanist, it’s Pageeffect 2 the of pollen on a seed. And to those in Ohio, it’s the county seat of Greene County, a community about 21 miles (34 km) from Dayton.

• Xystus is an architectural term, referring to a long, covered portico, or main entrance, of ancient Greek gymnasiums. Here, athletes would exercise during inclement weather.

To the Romans, the xystus was the garden walkway in front of the porticoes, where they planted flower beds.

• Physicians are familiar with two unusual “X” words, xyster and xiphisterna. The xyster is a surgical instrument used for scraping bones, while the xiphisterna refers to the cartilage at the lower end of the body’s sternum, that long flat bone located at the center of the chest.

• The Greek word xanthos translates “yellow,” and several of our words use it for a prefix.

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TEA (cont’d) • The story goes that tea was discovered nearly 5,000 years ago when a camellia blossom accidentally fell into a pot of boiling water belonging to Chinese emperor Shen Nung. Whether or not the story is true, it’s a fact that China now cultivates some of the world’s biggest tea plantations.

• The earliest known physical evidence of tea was discovered in 2016 in the mausoleum of Emperor Jing of Han in China, proving that tea from the genus Camellia was drunk by Han Dynasty emperors as early as the 2nd century B.C. • China had a monopoly on tea for centuries, and export of the plants or seeds was forbidden by the Chinese government. In 1848, the British-owned East India Trading Company hired Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to travel to China, learn the secrets of tea manufacture, and smuggle back cuttings and seeds. Fortune disguised himself as a rich merchant and succeeded in his quest. His cuttings and seeds were planted in the British-owned territory of Darjeeling, India, where they flourished. Within his lifetime, Fortune saw India surpass China as the top exporter of tea.

• Camellia sinensis grows in tropical climates with plenty of rain and acidic soils. It takes between three and five years before a newly planted tea shrub is ready for plucking. The higher the altitude, the longer it takes to reach maturity and the better the tea tastes. Once mature, the bush will yield tea for fifty years or more. The plant can grow to be the size of a small tree, reaching heights of 50 feet (15 m) or more, but is generally kept trimmed to the size of a shrub in order to make harvesting easier.

The more it is pruned, the more new shoots appear, and it is the leaves and buds at the ends of the shoots that make the best tea. Tea is grown in over 50 countries worldwide. (continued on next page)

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Please urge everyone in coastal areas to make sure they AND their pets are prepared in case of a storm. It can make a huge difference in keeping your pets safe and helping an entire area recover more quickly from a disaster. -- Ted G., via email DEAR TED: You told them, and I thank you. Being prepared to evacuate quickly in the event of a natural disaster is important, and it’s critically important to include your pets in the planning.

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Draw up an emergency evacuation plan for family and pets, including cellphone numbers, a location where everyone should gather, and steps you’ll each take in the evacuation process. Have a shelter-in-place plan in case you are unable to evacuate in time or are advised to stay put.

Also have a plan for the aftermath, including places to stay long-term, like a pet-friendly hotel, and where to get medical help for family or pets.

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• Only the top one or two inches of the mature plant are picked. These buds and leaves are called “flushes.” A plant will grow a new flush every seven to 15 days during the growing season. The smallest leaves are the most valuable.

• Once the tea leaves are picked, they are either left out in the sun to oxidize or not.When a slice of an apple turns brown, or a banana turns black, or a grape turns into a raisin, this is the effect of the enzyme action of oxidation. Tea leaves also oxidize and turn black when left out in heat and sunlight. Black tea is made from leaves that have oxidized. Green tea is made from leaves that have not been oxidized. Oxidation makes the tea taste stronger, and it also increases the shelf life of the tea.

• The way the leaves are handled after harvest results in different types and flavors of tea. The leaves may be wilted, dried, crushed, rolled, twisted, fried, or roasted. But no matter how they are treated or what they taste like, teas contain few nutrients in any significant amount.

TEA HISTORY • Before the tea bag, there was the “tea egg” and the “tea ball” – perforated metal containers filled with loose leaves and dropped into boiling water.

• In 1907, American tea merchant Thomas Sullivan began distributing samples of his tea in small bags of Chinese silk with a drawstring, thinking that customers would throw away the bag and place the tea leaves in a metal tea ball to brew the tea. Instead, consumers skipped the tea ball altogether and simply placed the tea bag directly into the tea pot. Sullivan knew he was on to something, and the tea bag was invented.

Today, 96% of all cups of tea drunk daily are brewed using tea bags.

• Thomas Twining of England opened Britain’s first tea room in London in 1706, and it still operates today. The firm’s logo, created in 1787, is the world’s oldest in continuous use. Twining was soon selling more dried tea than brewed tea, and today Twinings sells over 50 kinds of tea world-wide.

• In 1822, brothers Joseph and Edward Tetley sold salt from a pack horse in Yorkshire, England. They started (continued on next page)

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• Around that time, the price of tea began to fall, and middle-class customers could now afford it. Spotting an opportunity, Thomas opened a tea trading office and established wholesale distribution channels that allowed working-class people to be able to easily afford tea. He bought his tea in such large amounts that he was able to undercut prices.

• This was so successful that he began to invest in tea plantations. In Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) coffee plantation owners had recently suffered a coffee blight that ruined their crop, so Thomas convinced them to plant tea instead. In a time when most tea was sold by the pound, Thomas pioneered selling it in individual single-serving bags. Today Lipton is the top selling tea in the world.

• Oolong tea comes from tea leaves that are long, dark, and curly like the neck of a dragon.

The word “oolong” comes from the Chinese phrase meaning “black dragon tea.”

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Challenger Learning Centers were established in the memory and to honor the crew of the education mission of the space shuttle Challenger. The summer camps focus on the joy of learning. Each week old and new science and astronomy facts and concepts are connected to the real world around us. Virtual learning cannot compare with real hands-on experiences. Kids never outgrow their love of astronomy and all things having to do with space. They need to nurture this interest as they mature. Beyond just the facts, the activities at the CLCL are designed for small groups to work together to solve problems and answer questions about the universe around them.

New discoveries are happening every day as our space probes continue to explore our solar system and our telescopes look beyond the edge of the Milky Way. The CLC staff can focus on the individual needs of the students and adjust the material to meet the needs and interests of the students in session that day. Although there is a general topic and plans to follow, educational “detours” can be made to cover any particularly current or high interest topic that comes up. The CLC is perfect for home schoolers, as individuals or as a group. (continued in next column)

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• Eduard Haas wanted to help people quit smoking, so he invented a small mint to give smokers something to suck on to help them over their cravings. The mints also appealed to smokers wanting to mask their breath.

• Setting up a factory in 1927 in Austria, Eduard packed the mints in a tin box designed to look like a cigarette lighter. Because they were mint-flavored, he abbreviated the German word for peppermint, pfefferminze, and named the candy after it: PEZ. • The candy was popular, but for the next 20 years, marketing was aimed at adults, and smokers in particular. Eventually the tin box was redesigned so it would dispense the mints one at a time which allowed the mints to be shared without being touched.

• The mints, which were originally round, were redesigned to be rectangular instead. This made them easier to be wrapped and kept production costs low.

• After World War II, Eduard wanted to expand operations to the U.S. He formulated a marketing strategy aimed at children. By placing a cartoon head upon the dispenser and by replacing the metal with plastic, he turned the candy dispenser into a toy.

• Santa Claus, Popeye, and Mickey Mouse were among the first cartoon heads used. They were followed by a robot and a space gun, which shot candies out of the muzzle. In 1962, the PEZ Corporation teamed up with Disney to produce many Disney character heads, though Mickey Mouse continued to out-sell them all.

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• Among mammals, only primates and humans have nails instead of claws.

• Humans have an extremely sensitive sense of touch. Your finger tips are filled with extra sensitive nerves that are stimulated as you grasp something, and the fingertips and nails work together to sandwich these nerves, and heighten the sense of touch. Humans are capable of sensing an object less than the width of a human hair, and you can test this yourself by plucking a hair, placing it on a table, and running your finger over it. This allows us to have extreme dexterity in our hands, which is likely due to being descended from primates who lived in trees where grip is essential for survival.

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• The crescent shaped whitish area of the nail bed is called the lunula, which is Latin meaning “little moon.” It’s the visible part of the root of the nail, and is usually most visible on the thumb.

• The fingernail length record-holder for women is Lee Redmond of the U.S., who set the record in 2008 with nails on both hands totaling 28 feet (850 cm) in length, with the longest nail on her right thumb being 2 feet 11 inches (89 cm).

• The current fingernail length record-holder for men, according to Guinness, is Shridhar Chillal from India who set the record in 1998 with a combined length of 20 feet 2.25 inches (615.32 cm) of nails on his left hand. His longest nail, on his thumb, was 4 feet 9.6 inches (146.3 cm) long.

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