Angie Bell

Do Minnesotans Call It Hot Dish Or Casserole?

If you’re from Minnesota, a cozy casserole dish with a mixture of protein, starch, cheese/condensed soup/sauce, and sometimes vegetables is a hotdish. If you’re from anywhere else, including Minnesota-adjacent states, the exact same dish is called a casserole. What do people in Minnesota call a casserole? Hotdish is common terminology in western Wisconsin and Minnesota, …

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How Likely Is An Earthquake In San Francisco?

San Francisco Bay area: Within the next 30 years the probability is: 72% that an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7. 51% that an earthquake measuring magnitude 7. 20% that an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5. Are earthquakes common in San Francisco? San Francisco is very vulnerable to earthquakes. Its three notable faults, covered below, are right-lateral strike-slip …

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Is Norman A Viking Surname?

During the Middle Ages Scandinavian Vikings called themselves norðmenn (“men from the North”), which remains the Norwegian term for “Norwegian.” By 1066 Scandinavian settlers in England had been absorbed and Northman and Norman were used as bynames and later as personal names by both English and English of Scandinavian What nationality is a Norman? Norman, …

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