How do play, pause, or stop icons mean anything? They were around for decades before me and I just learned that was how those actions were communicated.
As a result, commercial growers increasingly selected for longer storage and cosmetic appeal rather than flavor.[13][17][6]…But the selection of redder fruit caused deselection of flavor, and the genes that produced the yellow stripes on the original fruit were on the same chromosomes as those for the flavor-producing compounds.[6] Breeding for uniformity and long shelf life favored a thicker skin.[6]
In 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill bailing out the apple industry, after apple growers had lost $760 million since 1997.[20]
Marginal bracket is 12% up to $96950 for a couple, so how are they paying 50% in taxes? With standard deduction and kids, it would end up being about 7.4% federal without including deductions from healthcare or 401k. Another 7.65% for OASDI and Medicare plus state and local ~4% where I am) and max tax would be 19% +/- 4% depending on locale).
From your Wiki link:
_The invasion was primarily over disputes regarding Kuwait's alleged slant drilling in Iraq's Rumaila oil field…
The conflict's environmental impact included Iraqi forces causing over six hundred oil well fires and the largest oil spill in history until that point._