At least 30 of these viruses can be sexually transmitted. HPV transmission occurs easily among sexual partners. This is evidenced by the fact that at least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire a genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.
A farm worker corrals cranberries in a bog during a harvest. Every schoolchild learns that the Pilgrims couldn't have survived life in the New World without the help of the Indians. The tribes taught them which crops to plant. They introduced them to corn and other nutritional mainstays. One of these, the American cranberry, is still part of the classic Thanksgiving feast.
When the Pilgrims began setting up Plymouth colony, Samoset was visiting the Wampanoag as well. Samoset had learned some English from fisherman near his home in present-day Maine. Samoset greeted the colonists. Later, Samoset brought Squanto to meet with the colonists, since Squanto knew much more English. Squanto helped the Wampanoag teach the Pilgrims how to cultivate food in the New World, and possible helped them survive the winter.