Aardvark First Animal in Dictionary Glimpse of Africa's Termite Specialist
The aardvark, a striking yet pigsnouted animal, is the first word in many dictionaries. It spans southern and eastern Africa south of the Congo, feeds almost entirely on termites, and weighs up to 150 pounds. Its unique taxonomic placement puzzles zoologists according to Field Museum curator Dr. Wilford H. Osgood.
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Wilford H. Osgood
Field Museum of Natural History Department of Zoology
Africa
Osmium Iridium Thulium or Platinum Metal Group Discovered
Osmium, a blue white to gray heavy rare metal, is noted as part of the platinum metals group and forms osmiridium with iridium used for fountain pen points. Iridium, silvery white and very heavy, is important in alloys and scientific apparatus, including standard weights and high temperature resistance. Thulium is among the rare earth metals found in the sun and forms several compounds.
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Aqua Regia
Kansas City Star
Thulium: a rare element with no 1879 commercial use
The text notes thulium, a rare element, described by its light green characteristic color and its discovery in 1879, highlighting that it has no current commercial use.
Red Honey Varieties and Crystallization Facts
Paul Griswold Hayes notes in Nature that red honey from logwood blossoms on Dominica yields a distinctive color from tree sap dyes. European dark honey includes Scottish heather and English varieties, with Southern Europe favoring Romaria from rosemary and Mt Hymettus from Greek wild thyme. Ordinary honey crystallizes in six months, white treple stays liquid for a decade, while blue curl nectar granulates quickly in wax cells.
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Paul Griswold Hayes
Nature
Dominica
West Indies
Europe
Greece
Counterfeit Copper Halfpence Spark City Confusion 1753
The New York Post Boy reports widespread confusion over counterfeit copper halfpence in the city. Despite long-held good pence in circulation, many counterfeit coins are passing and causing public suspicion, with even older coins being refused by traders.
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New York Post
The Great Dipper Amazes With Perpetual Apparent Motion
The Great Dipper appears to revolve due to Earth's rotation completing a 24 hour cycle like the sun. It remains visible all night within the circle of perpetual apparition, which grows from the equator to the pole, expanding to cover the Northern Hemisphere.
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Equator
Walnut use in Victorian era furnishings
During the Victorian era walnut was used mainly for practical furnishings in dining and bedroom pieces while also featuring in handsomely carved whatnots settees small tables occasional chairs and grand hall chests crafted from the light toned wood.
Madagascar’s Coastal Landscape and Climate Described
A writer outlines Madagascar’s diverse geography from the northwest littoral with bay towns to the wind-swept eastern shores crowded with lagoons. The central highland hosts French and foreign residents and rises to 5500 feet, while the Indian Ocean region enjoys distinct warm rainy and dry cool seasons each year.
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Majunga
Novsi- Be
Diego Suarez
Literary
Tasleland
Indian Ocean
Seven Deadly Sins Depicted by an Old Artist
An old artist designed the Seven Deadly Sins with Hypocrisy kneeling at a desk. Pride smiles in ornate robes, Gluttony clutches a distended stomach, Avarice holds a money bag, Sloth sits upright in bed, and Sensuality is blotted out, with the face of wrongdoing implied by the scene.
Diogenes the Cynic: From Sinope to Athens and Beyond
Diogenes born about 412 B C in Sinope Pontus. He fled to Athens as a youth then sailed to Aegina where pirates seized him. Sold into slavery in Crete to Xeniches of Corinth he later died in Corinth. He lived in the era of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great who quipped If I were not Alexander I would be Diogenes.
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Diogenes Diogenes
Sinope
Pontus
Athens
Aegina
Crete
Xeniches
Corinth
Diogenes
Philip of Macedon
Alexander the Great
Coldest and hottest places on Earth described
The text notes the coldest spot in the northern hemisphere is in northern Siberia rather than the Arctic Pole, while the south pole is the southern hemisphere’s cold extreme. It explains extreme cold sits far from the equator, high in altitude and inland. It adds the hottest areas lie in certain North American and African deserts away from the equator.
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North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
South Pole
Equator
Earth
North American
Judge Extols Dog From Bench in Damage Suit
A Georgia supreme justice spent about half an hour praising dogs and only a few sentences delivering his ruling in a damage suit after a man died trying to rescue a drowning dog. The opinions cited dogs as faithful companions in literature and history, noting both good and bad dog records.
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Georgia Supreme Justice
Chicago Tribune
Man
New World
Ulysses
Argos
Ithaca
Baron Cuvier
Alexander H. Stephens
Rio
Pancake Day Celebrations Spanning Europe and Beyond
Rebekah Blake reports in the Washington Post that Shrove Tuesday known as Pancake Day is an annual holiday in England and has spread worldwide. Crowds gather in Vienna for Fools evening while Nice, on the French Riviera, witnesses a grand carnival fire. Italian peasants invoke blessings for upcoming crops and an Onley Buckinghamshire pancake race marks English observance. Westminster students join in Tossing of the Pancake, a rare family meal occasion.
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England
Rebekah Blake
Washington Post
Vienna
French Riviera
Nice
Carnival
Italy
Onley
Buckinghamshire
Westminster School
London
Uses for the Sombrero in Mexican Life
The Washington Post notes the sombrero serves as a portable load carrying shelter for cigarettes, matches, money, and lunch. Mexican miners use broad brims to shield from falling stones. laborers stash belongings, even meat, inside. Wealthier Mexicans rarely wear them daily but pay dearly for heavy felt hats with 12 to 14 inch peaks and 20 inch brims.
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Washington Post
Pineapple Cheese Described from Litchfield County Origin
Originating around 1845 in Litchfield County Connecticut, pineapple cheese is a hard rennet cheese made from whole cow milk. The curd is pressed, dipped in 120 degree water, set in a net to form diamond corrugations, then rubbed with oil for months as it ripens.
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Litchfield County
Conn
Lakes by state counts and areas in the United States
The Michigan Lakes and Streams directory lists 4 187 named lakes with about 500 square miles. Florida has about 30 000 lakes totaling 3 805 square miles, many small or shallow in sinkholes. Minnesota exceeds 10 000 lakes with 3 824 square miles, while Wisconsin has around 2 000 lakes covering 810 square miles.
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Florida
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pythons Reach Large Size
The reticulated python or rice snake of the East grows very large and its skin is beautiful, tough, and long wearing. Next in popularity is the skin of the great water python of South America called the anaconda. This is the largest snake in the world, growing to sixty feet or more.
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East
South America
Bell Invented Telephone While Teacher of Speech
Scots inventor Bell moved to Canada in 1870 and Boston in 1872 while teaching speech. He refined a trumpet transmitter and harp receiver to mail his first understandable words in 1876 with Watson. The Centennial Exhibition, Edison, and early exchanges followed, culminating in transcontinental talk in 1915.
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Bell
Canada
Boston
Thomas A. Watson
Mr. Watson
Philadelphia
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Williams, Jr
Chicago
la Porte
Ind
New York
San Francisco
Sea Lion Not a True King of Beasts Despite Roar
A Montreal Herald writer notes the sea lion shares none of the royal blood of the king of beasts. Descended from bear like land dwellers, these ex bears evolved flippers for sea life. They retain visible ears and possess waterproof rough hair with a warm oily underlayer to withstand sub arctic waters.
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King of Beasts
Montreal Herald
Woodlands
Atlantic
Unwritten Law of Indians Highlighted by Cleveland Writer
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes an unwritten rule among tribes: respect for personal property. Indians would not steal from their own, and if forced to kill an animal, would mark it and leave it untouched, even during famine.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Spiders and their poison dangers for humans
All spiders possess venom glands and use them to catch prey. Most have tiny mandibles that cannot pierce skin, and even if they could, venom would not harm humans. Large tarantulas are different, though few deaths are reported. Only the Black Widow group is truly dangerous to people.
Best Hunting Dogs Pointer Breed Endorsed by Owners
Pointer owners tout the breed as highly intelligent and swift among bird dogs. They stress their duty is not to kill or retrieve, but to scent and point game with a rigid stance and straight tail.
Ermine Fur Described as Regal Winter Pelt
The text explains ermine as the winter pelt of the weasel with a black tipped tail contrasting white fur. It notes pelt quality, tanning keeping whiteness, and that larger skins may yellow over time.
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