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The Strategist Quiz (#241)
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[Business Standard] - Carl Linnaeus the famous Swedish taxonomist's most persistent attempts to grow this particular crop in Europe during the 1700s failed after 20 attempts. After ages the first commercial crop of this plant variety was harvested in in Cornwall, UK.
Google News: Sirenele: realitate sau mit?
[Tribuna] - De poveşti cu sirene s-au lăsat convinşi chiar şi cei care studiau omul şi evoluţia animalelor pe Pământ. De pildă, anatomistul Carl Linnaeus susţinea că a întâlnit două creaturi ciudate. Prima întâlnire a fost cu o sirenă prinsă pe coasta peninsulei
Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net
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[Wall Street Journal] - Carl Linnaeus's farthest expedition was from Sweden to Lapland, in 1732, when he was 25 years old. Despite his all-consuming curiosity about exotic creatures and plants, Linnaeus preferred to have them brought his way. He turned down an offer to work
Google News: Winter half over: Green thumbs are twitching
[Canada Free Press] - Good question and you can blame it on botanist Carl Linnaeus. He, being the son of a clergyman, was familiar with the Bible, specifically the passage that proclaims that the exiled Israelites, recalling their native haunts, wept under the willows.
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