Taste buds constantly regenerate, with their sensory cells typically replaced every 10 to 14 days, allowing for quick recovery from minor burns or damage, though this rate slows with age, leading to fewer and less sensitive buds in older adults. Factors like smoking, alcohol, and certain medications can hinder regeneration, while new tastes are learned through neural adaptation rather than rapid bud turnover.

Mobile is the only major port city in Alabama. Located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay, it serves as the state's sole deep-water port, offering access to the Gulf of Mexico. The Port of Mobile is a major economic hub, ranked among the top 15 largest ports in the United States.

In 1861, Julius Sturgis founded the first commercial pretzel bakery in America, located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The bakery specialized in producing hard pretzels, establishing a lasting, industrialized, and widely popular version of the salty snack.

Released in October 2005, the 5th generation "iPod with video" was the first Apple device to offer video playback, featuring a 2.5-inch color display. It was also the first to offer a black color option alongside the traditional white, a slimmer, lighter form factor with a 30GB or 60GB capacity, and support for higher-quality games

According to poet Carl Sandburg in his 1916 poem "Fog," the fog "comes on little cat feet". The short, imagist poem describes the fog silently arriving, sitting over the harbor and city, and then moving on.