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Mobile Phone

A mobile phone (also known as a wireless phone, or cellular telephone) is a very small portable radio
telephone.

The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long distances without wires. It works by
communicating with a nearby base station (also called a "cell site") which connects it to the main phone
network. As the mobile phone moves around, if the mobile phone gets too far away from the cell it is
connected to, that cell sends a message to another cell to tell the new cell to take over the call. This is
called a "hand off," and the call continues with the new cell the phone is connected to. The hand-off is done
so well and carefully that the user will usually never even know that the call was transferred to another cell.

As mobile phones became more popular, they began to cost less money, and more people could afford
them. Monthly plans became available for rates as low as US$30 or US$40 a month. Cell phones have
become so cheap to own that they have mostly replaced pay phones and phone booths except for urban
areas with many people.

Otter

Otter is a common name for a carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species
are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of
the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats,
weasels and wolverines.
The word otter derives from the Old English word otor or oter. This, and cognate words in other Indo-
European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root *wódr̥, which also gave
rise to the English word "water".

An otter's den is called a Holt or Couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, females are called bitches or
sows, and their offspring are called pups.The collective nouns for otters are bevy, family, lodge, romp (being
descriptive of their often playful nature) or, when in water, raft.

Dates

Botanically, dates are the fruits which grow on the palm tree belonging to the family of Arecaceae, in the
genus: Phoenix, and scientifically named as Phoenix dactylifera. The tree is believed to originate in the
lands on the banks of Nile and Euphrates Rivers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Date palm is now
grown extensively for its edible fruits under warmer climates across all the continents.

The date fruit is a "drupe", in which its outer fleshy part (exocarp and mesocarp) surrounds the seed inside.
The fruit is oval to cylindrical in shape, 3–7 cms long, and 2–3 cms diameter, and ripe dates range from
golden-yellow, amber, bright-red to deep-brown depending on the cultivar type.

There are many varieties of date palm cultivated. ‘Amir Hajj’, ‘Saidy’, 'Khadrawy' and 'Medjool' are some of
the important varieties popular for their rich taste, flavor, and superior quality. Wonderfully delicious, dates
are one of the most popular fruits packed with an impressive list of essential nutrients, vitamins, and
minerals that are required for normal growth.

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