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Everything You Need to Know About the Walrus

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The Odobenus rosmarus, also known as the walrus, can be found in various regions depending on which subspecies they belong to. There are Atlantic walruses and Pacific walruses. The Atlantic walruses live anywhere from northeastern Canada to Greenland, their counterparts in the Pacific live in areas from the Bering Sea to the Chukchi Sea during winter and migrate northwards towards the seas off of Alaska and Russia in the spring months. Walruses are known for their tusks, but they are there for more than show. Their tusks, which are actually canine teeth, are used to poke holes in the ice to hunt for food as well as to help them climb out of the water. The tusks grow throughout the walruses life, and can reach a length of about a meter. Males have larger tusks than females, and the males with the largest tusks tend to lead the herd. Walruses have a lifespan of about 20 to 30 years in the wild, and their life starts when they are born after a 15 to 16 month gestation period. This g...

Hannah Van Buren & Angelica Singleton Van Buren: Life Before the White House

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Hannah Hoes was born on March 8, 1783, to Johannes Dircksen Hoes and Maria Quakenbush in Kinderhook, New York. She was raised in a Dutch home like her future husband Martin Van Buren, and Dutch was her first language. She received her education at a local Kinderhook school, and was taught by master Vrouw Lange. Hannah married her childhood sweetheart Martin Van Buren on February 21, 1807, in Catskill, New York at her sister and brother-in-law's home. The couple had six children together, five boys including one that died at infancy and one stillborn daughter. Hannah died of tuberculosis at the age of 35 on February 5, 1819. Angelica Singleton was born on February 13, 1816, to Richard Singleton and Rebecca Travis Coles Singleton. Angelica was first educated from 1826 to 1830 at Columbia Female Academy in South Carolina before she received further learning at Madame Grelaud's Seminary for Young Ladies in Philadelphia, there she would have learned French and a lot abou...

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Friends

1. One of the actors fathers was on the show. John Bennett Perry, Matthew Perry's father, appeared as Joshua's dad in "The One with Rachel's New Dress". The show had many guest stars over the seasons like Brad Pitt (who was married to Jennifer Aniston), David Arquette (who was married to Courtney Cox), George Clooney, Robin Williams, and Bruce Willis. 2. Moey? Okay, so I don't know what their actual couple name was going to be, but Joey and Monica could've actually happened. They were originally supposed to be the series main couple , scary right? Fortunately the creators changed their mind once they saw the studio audience's extremely positive reaction to Monica and Chandler getting together, according to Kauffman. 3. Some of the people that auditioned for the main cast went on to play guest characters. Jon Favreau auditioned for the role of Chandler, but ended up playing Pete. And Hank Azaria, who went on to play David, originally auditione...