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Where do garden gnomes come from?
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Germany, from the ground
Can green potato chips make you sick?
- 25 answers
Technically, yes, but you’d have to eat such a large amount of them that it’s not worth worrying about.
First, let’s understand why parts of potatoes turn green. Potatoes, for the most part, are grown underground, but occasionally, a small part might be exposed to sunlight. Those exposed parts turn green as chlorophyll begins to form. Although most of these colorful outliers don’t make it onto the grocery store shelves, the occasional green potato might go overlooked, and this is why you might see a slice in one of your snack bags.
In terms of safety, chlorophyll is both tasteless and nontoxic. However, as a potato turns green, conditions are right for it to synthesize a glycoalkaloid poison called solanine, which potatoes produce to defend against insects and predators. Ingesting large amounts of solanine can cause vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, headaches, and a slew of other unpleasant symptoms—including death. The good news is that those toxic levels would equate to eating several pounds of green potatoes.
Long story short, the moderate solanine formation in one or two errant potato chips is not enough to do any harm.
Who got nominated for a Grammy in 2020?
- 5 answers
The list of Grammy nominees was just released, actually. Here are the nominees for the "big four" categories:
Record of the Year:
- "Hey, Ma" by Bon Iver
- "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish
- "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande
- "Hard Place" by H.E.R.
- "Talk" by Khalid
- "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
- "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo
- "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee
Album of the Year:
- i,i by Bon Iver
- Norman ______ Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish
- thank u, next by Ariana Grande
- I Used To Know Her by H.E.R.
- 7 by Lil Nas X
- Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) by Lizzo
- Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend
Song of the Year:
- "Always Remember Us This Way" (Lady Gaga) written by Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna
- "Bad Guy" (Billie Eilish) written by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell
- "Bring My Flowers Now" (Tanya Tucker) written by Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, and Tanya Tucker
- "Hard Place" (H.E.R.) written by Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. and Rodney Jerkins
- "Lover" (Taylor Swift) written by Taylor Swift
- "Norman ______ Rockwell" (Lana Del Rey) written by Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey
- "Someone You Loved" (Lewis Capaldi) written by Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pere Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn, and Sam Roman
- "Truth Hurts" (Lizzo) written by Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson, and Jesse Saint John
Best New Artist:
- Black Pumas
- Billie Eilish
- Lil Nas X
- Lizzo
- Maggie Rogers
- Rosalía
- Tank and the Bangas
- Yola
Beyond that, the pop categories are particularly stacked this year. I'm pretty excited about those.
The nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance are Beyoncé's "Spirit," Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy," Ariana Grande's "7 Rings," Lizzo's "Truth Hurts," and Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down."
The nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album are The Lion King: The Gift by Beyoncé, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish, thank u, next by Ariana Grande, No. 6 Collaborations Project by Ed Sheeran, and Lover by Taylor Swift.
Other people are free to list the nominees in their favorite categories! The full list of nominees can be found here.
What musical instrument is played without touching it?
- 11 answers
Your voice!
