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• The ancient Greeks and Romans slathered olive oil on their bodies and in their hair as part of their grooming and health rituals. Greek physician Hippocrates called olive oil “the great therapeutic.” Greek women created the first eye shadow by blending olive oil into charcoal. Kings were anointed with olive oil and Olympic Games champions were crowned with coronets of olive leaves. Olive oil was burned in the cauldron of the ancient Olympic Games’ “eternal flame,” a tradition that was revived at the 2004 Athens Games.

• Israelites in Biblical times used olive oil in their sacrificial offerings, as an ointment, and to anoint priests and royalty. The first mention of olive leaves in the Hebrew Bible is in Genesis 8:11, when a dove brought an olive leaf to Noah aboard the ark as a sign that the flood was over.

• The olive branch is a symbol of peace, with opposing sides throughout history offering an olive branch as a sign of a truce. The branch also represents wisdom, fertility, purity, power, and victory.

Seven nations, including Cyprus and the African country of Eritrea, feature olive branches on their flags, as well as four U.S. states, and the flag of the United Nations.

• Spanish missionaries introduced the tree to North America, planting trees at the Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1769. While groves were cultivated at other California missions, by the mid-1800s, there were only two olive groves to be found.

• Olives come in all kinds of colors – green, purple, dark brown, black, and even pink! But the color of the fruit isn’t about the tree, it’s about the maturity of the olive at the time of harvest. Green and black olives can grow on the same tree! Unripe olives are green, while ripe ones are dark purple to black. ...continued

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• Olive harvesters wouldn’t dream of plucking fruit from the tree and eating it. Due to an organic compound known as glucoside oleuropein, raw olives are bitter and unpalatable. They must be cured in brine, salt, or oil and fermented in a lye solution in order to remove the bitter taste. The longer the fermentation, the less bitter and the better the flavor.

• Spain leads the world in cultivation of olives, with Italy in second place, and Greece in third.

Spain’s Andalucian region produces about 75% of the world’s olives, and consequently, olive oil.

Olives consist of about 20% oil, and 90% of olives are used in oil’s production. One tree can produce 4.25 quarts of oil annually for centuries.

The world consumes over 660,000 gallons every year. About 7.5 quarts of olives are required to produce a quart of oil.

• Olive oil is much healthier than vegetable oils, and is rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It contains oleic acid, which can reduce blood pressure, Vitamin E to support the immune and nervous systems and reduce inflammation, B and K vitamins, and Omega-6 and Omega-3.

Oleic acid also helps skin soft and healthy, improving the appearance of wrinkles by as much as 20%. Olive oil is beneficial in preventing heart disease and lowering cholesterol, and is believed to protect against several cancers as well, including breast, prostate, and digestive tract cancers. ...continued

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• Why is there such a variety of olive oils, and what’s the difference between them? A label might read “Pure Olive Oil,” “Refined Olive Oil,” “Virgin Olive Oil,” or “Extra Virgin Olive Oil,” among others. They will vary in thickness, color, and taste, all based on how the oil is extracted and processed. Pure olive oil is a lighter pale yellow color and less expensive, and has been treated chemically or with heat during the refining process. It is sometimes treated with preservatives and other additives. The pricier extra virgin oil has not been exposed to a chemical or heat process, with the oil being cold-pressed from the olives. The result is a higher quality, darker, more flavorful oil with a fresher, more delicate taste. Regular olive oil may be slightly bitter in taste, due to a higher oleic acid content.

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• Regular and extra virgin olive oils have a different “smoke point,” that temperature when the heated oil starts to produce bluish smoke. Regular olive oil has a higher smoke point, and takes a little longer to burn, meaning it’s better for high heat cooking and frying. Extra virgin olive oil is the choice for salad dressing and low heat sautéing.

• The wood of the olive tree is prized by woodworkers worldwide. It’s a very hard, dense, and durable wood, and contains interesting vivid grain patterns. Because the tree is valued for its fruit and is relatively small and grows slowly, olive wood is not abundantly available, making its products expensive. It’s used in fine furniture, carved bowls, cutting boards, and other decorative items.

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• On April 29, 1974, President Richard Nixon announces that he will release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in response to a Watergate trial subpoena. In August, Nixon resigned to avoid an impeachment trial after proof of his guilt was found on the tapes.

• On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine. An estimated 4,000 clean-up workers died from radiation poisoning and a large area of land may not be livable for almost 150 years.

• On April. 30, 1997, at 12:11 pm, London's iconic Big Ben clock, the most famous clock in the world, stops ticking for 54 minutes. In 1962, snow delayed the bells, causing Britain's capital to ring in the New Year 10 minutes late. © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• The metric system was invented in France in 1799. A meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the length of the imaginary line from the North Pole to the Equator as it passes through Paris. (39.37 inches.) It has also been defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red light from the isotope Krypton 86, as measured in a vacuum. Today one meter is more accurately measured as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum during 1/299,792,548 of a second.

• In 1866, the U.S. passed a law that said Americans could use the metric system if they liked. In 1900, Congress was close to adopting the metric system, but then the machinist’s lobby went to work. They painted a picture of complete chaos if the metric system went through. All factories would have to close! Property deeds would be invalidated! All bottles, bushels, and boxes would have to be discarded! Grocery stores would have to shut down! The economy would collapse!

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SYSTEM SIMPLICITY

• With metrics, if you know how big an object is, then you can find out what its weight is just by moving the decimal point. Here's how:

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• A decimeter is 1/10th of a meter. A cubic decimeter equals one liter. A liter of water weighs 1,000 grams. Alexander Graham Bell, arguing for the adoption of the metric system, gave Congressmen an imaginary problem: You have a tank containing 123,456,789 cubic inches of water.

You want to know the weight and volume of the water. First you must go to the library to find out how many cubic inches of water are in a gallon and how much a gallon of water weighs. Then you must complete difficult calculations. But if the tank contains 123,456,789 cubic centimeters of water, you need only to move the decimal point over to find out that it holds 123,456.789 liters and that it weighs 123,456.789 kilograms.

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• The Army and Marines use metrics. So does NASA. The Olympics have been metric since they began in 1896. The first country in the Western Hemisphere to adopt metrics was Colombia, which explains why cocaine is purchased in grams and kilograms. Your electricity is measured in metric kilowatt hours, and you buy skis in centimeters. The power of your motorcycle is expressed in cubic centimeters, and your medication is dispensed in milligrams.

• After one speech where a government official vowed that “The inch will never die!” a pro-metric man arose and asked the speaker to answer the questions that appeared at the beginning of this issue: How many feet in a mile? How many ounces in a gallon? How many acres in a square mile? How much does a quart of water weigh?

The speaker was unable to answer any of these questions. Answer: There are 5,280 feet in a mile; 128 ounces in a gallon; 640 acres in a square mile; and water weighs 2.0825 lbs. per quart.

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