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Bookmark or Share- The Adorable Custom of ‘Telling The Bees’ - Amusing PlanetTraditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as “telling the bees”.
- Kitsault: The Ghost Town Where Lights Are Still On But ... - Amusing PlanetThe American mining company Phelps Dodge jumped in at the opportunity. A large swath of land several hundred acres in size was prepared for the town of Kitsault, and a massive construction project, on a scale that had never been seen in Northern British Columbia, began.
- The Diary of Merer: A 4,500-Year-Old Papyrus That ... - Amusing PlanetThe Great Pyramids of Giza has been one of the world’s greatest enigmas—how did an ancient society build such massive monuments without the help of modern machinery?
- Amusing Planet - Exploring CuriositiesParis Gun: World War One’s Greatest Weapon. Kaushik Patowary Sep 11, 2024. At quarter past seven on the morning of March 23, 1918, the people of Paris were jolted by a powerful explosion near the Quai de la Seine.
- Qiandao Lake: The Thousand Island Lake and Ancient ... - Amusing PlanetQiandao Lake or the Thousand Island Lake is located in Zhejiang, China, about 150 kilometers from the city of Hangzhou. It is an artificial lake formed after the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station.
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