Wallace Carothers is best known as the inventor of nylon, the world's first fully synthetic fiber. Working as a research leader at DuPont, he and his team also helped develop neoprene, an early and successful synthetic rubber.

A sommelier will rarely recommend a single "best" bottle without first asking what you are eating or what flavors you enjoy. Instead of defaulting to predictable crowd-pleasers, they usually look for high acidity, food versatility, and unique regional character.

The world's largest known beaver dam is located in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta, Canada.