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Why did they put covers on piano legs in 19th century England?

In 19th-century Puritan England, anything that might seem the least bit erotic was carefully banished from public life. So, during concerts, covers were put on the legs of the pianos so that no one, looking at these bare legs, would think about something obscene.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Where did olives come from?

Olive trees are native to Southwest Asia. For many centuries, they gave people food and were transported by caravans to distant regions. Olives should not be eaten directly from the tree. The bitter taste of the fruit disappears when pickled. Olive oil has been valued since antiquity. Kings used to judge their wealth by the number of jugs of olive oil in their cellars. On the island of Crete found cellars with olive oil preserved from 2000 BC.

Olive trees were planted in all Mediterranean countries. At one time even the barren desert areas of North Africa were planted with olive groves. It is said that a long time ago a man, traveling from Mecca to Morocco, traveled all the way in the shade of olive, date and fig trees. The Spaniards brought olive seeds and cuttings to the New World. They planted them around their settlements in California, where the trees did well in the warm, dry climate.

Olives are now the main crop in California, producing almost all of the olives grown in the United States. But the world's leading olive-growing countries are still Spain and Italy, with California olive production accounting for 0,9 percent of the world. Olive trees are propagated by seeds or cuttings.

A stalk is a branch or some other part of a tree from which new trees grow if the stalk is properly planted. The olive tree lives for a long time. In the Garden of Gethsemane there are olive trees that are 2000 years old, although their trunks, apparently, are not the same as they were at the beginning. Perhaps the trees have been updated with new shoots.

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