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Popeye


A brief fire erupted at Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges at Universal’s Islands of Adventure this morning. We spotted the fire from across the lagoon and could hear shouting. Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges is currently closed for refurbishment so no guests would have been in this area. The fire sent up a plume of …

“Eat your spinach,” is a common refrain from many people’s childhoods. Spinach, the hearty, green vegetable chock full of nutrients, doesn’t just provide energy in humans. It also has potential to help power fuel cells, according to a new paper by researchers in AU’s Department of Chemistry. Spinach, when converted from its leafy, edible …

When I was growing up, Popeye was all the rage and he helped mothers push the claim that spinach was good for you. He’d pop open a can of spinach, wolf it down, and then be super strong and able to defeat the bad guys. For most kids, though, spinach still didn’t really catch on. …