At least there are limits on how many bugs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lets you unknowingly eat. The FDAâs Defect Levels Handbook lays it all out. Staples like broccoli, canned tomatoes, and hops readily contain âinsect fragmentsââheads, thoraxes, and legsâand even whole insects.
Serbian troops and Montenegrin troops laid siege to Scutari (ShkodÃ«r) in northern Albania beginning on October 8, 1912. Albanian nationalists led by Ismail Kemal Bey (Ismail Qemal Bej) proclaimed the independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire in the port of Valona (VlorÃ«) on November 28, 1912. Serbian troops occupied DurrÃ«s on November 30, 1912.
The Ottoman Empire began in what is now Turkey in about 1300. Eventually, it grew to cover much of the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and North Africa. During the 1400s and 1500s the Ottoman Empire was one of the worldâs great powers. In the 1900s the remains of the empire became the Republic of Turkey.