Oddities From Ancient Priests to Marble Parthenon
The Druids taught orally in oak groves across Gaul Britain and Ireland with the sacred oak central to their rites. Hippocrates of Cos born around 460 B C settled in Cos to practice medicine after visiting Athens and died between 359 and 377 B C. It is claimed that poor street lighting causes more deaths yearly than all six US floods combined including the 1900 Galveston disaster. The Parthenon was marble built with no mortar in most parts except for wooden door frames and roof timbers.
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Gaul
Britain
Ireland
Hippocrates
Isle of
Cés
Athens
United States
Galveston
Parthenon
Fortune in rattlesnakes fuels bars and venom trade
A historical note claims a fortune in rattlesnakes from New York and Chicago bars serving rattlesnake meat as snacks and appetizers while drug manufacturers pay 25 dollars an ounce for rattlesnake venom, highlighting a curious market trend.
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New York
Chicago
Puzzle Corner Sparks Idaho Scenic Drive Reference
A fragment puzzle section mentions Craters of the Moon National Monument Blue Lakes Sho shone Falls One Thousand Springs and Sun Valley near Jerome Idaho. It notes Bechivé peak in the Big Horn Crags and a Signal Corps rocket test. The jumbled down and across clues reference garlic beak marry calm tears deck head relief cigarette tool eye falsehood and other terms.
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Craters of the Moon National Monument
Blue Lakes
Shoshone Falls
One ‘Thousand Springs
Sun Valley
Jermone
Idore Bechivé Peak
Big Horn Crags
Idaho
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Stine
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Dope
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Skeptic
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