2022-11

Speech Materals

926 Is Papaya Good for You?

Papaya is an appealing tropical fruit with sweet-tasting, orange-hued flesh and edible black seeds that have a delicious...
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925 What travel warnings do other nations give their citizens about US violence?

American travelers -- at least those of the cautious variety -- might be familiar with the US State Department's travel ...
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924 Someone just paid more than $200,000 for Steve Jobs’ old Birkenstocks

How much would you pay for a pair of secondhand shoes? Well, someone just spent more than $200,000 on a pair of old Birk...
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923 What is Bud Zero, the only beer Budweiser can sell at the World Cup?

In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves...
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922 The surprising benefits of blue spaces

The loss of human-nature interaction has been linked to a rising tide of mental health disorders. A growing body of evid...
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921 World Population Reaches 8 Billion, U.N. Says

Until 1804, fewer than one billion people roamed our planet. More than a century later, in 1927, we crossed two billion....
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920 The Difference Between Crowd Crush and Stampede

At least 150 people died in a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. When media outlets first broke the news, the tragic event ...
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919 What hotel star ratings actually mean today

Online user ratings are great, until you discover they're fake. Or you remember how your uncle always leaves reviews and...