In fact, there are more than 1 billion colds in the United States every year, according to the National Institutes of Health. And those facts change as scientists learn more about how colds work. Some people swear by zinc as a means of shortening a cold's duration, but research on that subject has been spotty.
The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as a quahog (or quahaug), round clam, or hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatan YucatÃ¡n. peninsulaonfusingly, the ocean quahog is a different species, Arctica islandica, which, although superficially similar in shape, is in a different family of bivalves: it is rounder than the hard clam, usually has black periostracum, and there is no pallial sinus in the interior of the shell. Contents.
People and places in Quahog. Mayor Adam West is the mayor of Quahog. Quahog's local celebrities are the anchors of its Channel 5 news show, Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons. Their Japanese newswoman is called Tricia Takanawa.eople and places in Quahog. Mayor Adam West is the mayor of Quahog. Quahog's local celebrities are the anchors of its Channel 5 news show, Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons. Their Japanese newswoman is called Tricia Takanawa.