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Featured Article: Soybean
The soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, nattÅ, and tempeh.Soybean meal is a significant source of protein for animal feed farm animals. The soybean product textured vegetable protein (TVP), is often used in meat and dairy substitutes. Soy vegetable oil is used in food and industrial applications.
Popular Article: Comintern
The Comintern (Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir I. Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" governments in war with each other. The International intended to fight "with all means, also with arms in hand, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international soviet republic as a transition to the complete abolition of the state."
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Methuselah is famous for having lived 969 years, according to the Bible, a lifespan much beyond current human longevity and thus the subject of much speculation (source: Methuselah)
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