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The Last Operating Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Will Be Up and Running Once Again in California

A neighborhood icon, the Bakersfield luncheonette will mix modern design touches with classic decor When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation. Founded by Frank Winfield Woolworth in New York in 1879, the retail chain sold staple items from pencils to baseballs atContinue reading “The Last Operating Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Will Be Up and Running Once Again in California”

Why Do Mosquitos Bite Some People More Than Others? Your Blood Type, Sweat Contents and Even Alcohol Consumption May Make You More Attractive to the Pesky Insects

Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes. Courtesy of Johan J, Ingles-Le Nobel Scientists are working hard to discover the factors that drive the blood-sucking insects to target certain individuals You come in from a summer hike covered with itchy red mosquito bites, only to have yourContinue reading “Why Do Mosquitos Bite Some People More Than Others? Your Blood Type, Sweat Contents and Even Alcohol Consumption May Make You More Attractive to the Pesky Insects”