Sealing Rings

Sealing Rings Sealing rings on canning lids often wear out, spoil after use, and what can you replace them with? For the past five years, I’ve successfully used rings from…

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Autumn Garden Work

In community gardens and private plots, there’s a flurry of activity once again. It’s time to prepare storage spaces and containers for long-term fruit storage, gather the harvest, and put…

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Monkey Helpers

It is said that the most delicious and aromatic tea grows on the steep, rocky slopes of Wuyi Mountain in China’s Fujian province, and it can only be found on…

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Football Oddities

Football In the Yugoslav city of Gračanica, a match was underway between local football teams. As the game neared its end, the fans began to chatter among themselves: — They’re…

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Natural Refrigerator

In the Altai region, in the so-called Pazyryk burial mounds, the well-preserved bodies of Scythian chieftains and their wives, buried 2,500 years ago, have been discovered. The graves also contained…

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Cow with a Root

Residents of the Amazon River basin sometimes drink milk, even though they have never seen a cow or milked any other animal. In the Amazon, there are cows… that grow…

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Paper Houses

[/caption] When listing the materials used to build a house, you might mention stone, wood, clay, and concrete blocks. You probably won’t forget the latest innovations—plastic materials that are increasingly…

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Giant Trees

In Crimea and the Caucasus, thousands of years ago, there were groves of giant trees—sequoias. However, the great ice age wiped out these giants, leaving only a few remnants in…

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Thirst for Life

The seeds of many plants can sprout even after lying dormant in a dry place for many years. There have been instances where they have germinated after “sleeping” for hundreds…

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Fish Fashion

In many fish species, especially those from the sea, females are dressed modestly while males are true “fashionistas,” adorned like Spanish grandee. This is the case with the smarida fish.…

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The Duck Secret

You might wonder, does it really matter where a duckling hatches: in an incubator or nestled under a mother duck? At first glance, it seems like there’s no difference. But…

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The Force of Attraction

The “household” of the Sun is quite extensive—comprising 9 major planets and approximately 1,600 smaller ones, including asteroids. All of these celestial bodies orbit around it, held in place by…

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Giant Lemon

If you see it, you’ll definitely be amazed! This Rossoshian giant grows on a slender branch adorned with dense dark green leaves, standing out beautifully against the green backdrop with…

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Tree – Garden

In 1938, they were brought from Altai as ordinary saplings. Just two decades later, not a single visitor to the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition could pass by without stopping to admire…

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