Lectins are thought to have evolved as a natural defense in plants, essentially as a toxin that deters animals from eating the plants . Lectins are found in many different plant- and animal-based foods, yet only about 30% of the foods you eat contain significant amounts . Humans are unable to digest lectins, so they travel through your gut unchanged.
Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903, proclaiming, I will build a car for the great multitude.. In October 1908, he did so, offering the Model T for $950. In the Model T's nineteen years of production, its price dipped as low as $280. Nearly 15,500,000 were sold in the United States alone.
Henry Ford, 1863-1947: He Revolutionized the Automobile Industry. PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English on the VOICE of America. Every week at this time, we tell the story of a person was important in the history of the United States. Today Steve Ember and Frank Oliver begin the story of industrialist Henry Ford. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile. But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until eighteen ninety-six. That was eleven years after two Germans -- Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz -- developed the first gasoline-powered automobile.