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One word for "odds and ends" left over after a meal is "orts". I used to get a laugh out of a radio advertisement on a Boston station in the thirties inviting people to come to "Ort's Grille and have a wonderful time."
The word "albedo" was mentioned, but only briefly. I was surprised to learn that it refers to the white part of an orange peel, and in another site learn that it contains more vitamin C than all the juice. This was the more interesting because in a PM from Wow, she mentioned that the officers in the British navy had marmalade, which without their knowing it protected them from scurvy. They thought their superior hygiene was what kept them from dying of scurvy as so many seamen did towards the end of Anson's long exploration voyage.
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