Dominoes dates back to the 12th century! It was played in China during the Yuan Dynasty and was referred to as 'pupai'!
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If you have caught a cold, you can try and mend it with medicine – or simply enjoy a bowl of chicken soup. Studies have found that the savoury concoction has genuine health benefits. It’s hardly breaking news, though – even the ancient Greeks used chicken soup as a remedy for cold.
You think New York is busy? Try hanging out in a herring school. These fish amass in vast groups that some scientists have estimated to be three billion, yes that’s BILLION, strong. Of course, when you get such huge groupings of animals the figures are pretty astounding. Over in the Caspian Sea, chains of schools of mullet have been measured to be an astonishing 100km long.
The earliest known precursor of sunglasses was invented in prehistoric times by the Inuit. They made snow goggles out of walrus ivory that had two narrow slits that reduced the wearer’s exposure to sunlight and protected them from going snow-blind.
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If you have caught a cold, you can try and mend it with medicine – or simply enjoy a bowl of chicken soup. Studies have found that the savoury concoction has genuine health benefits. It’s hardly breaking news, though – even the ancient Greeks used chicken soup as a remedy for cold.
You think New York is busy? Try hanging out in a herring school. These fish amass in vast groups that some scientists have estimated to be three billion, yes that’s BILLION, strong. Of course, when you get such huge groupings of animals the figures are pretty astounding. Over in the Caspian Sea, chains of schools of mullet have been measured to be an astonishing 100km long.
The earliest known precursor of sunglasses was invented in prehistoric times by the Inuit. They made snow goggles out of walrus ivory that had two narrow slits that reduced the wearer’s exposure to sunlight and protected them from going snow-blind.
The word ‘labyrinth’ comes from the Ancient Greek and means something that is unsolvable or impossible to get out of. You can also use the word ‘labyrinthine’ in English to describe something that is incredibly complex.
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