June 2011
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Jun 30th
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Full Moon Names
In American folklore, each month’s full moon has a name.  There are many variations, these are some of the more widely known ones: January – Wolf moon, Hunger moon, Old moon February – Snow moon, Ice moon March – Worm moon, Sap moon, Sugaring moon, Crow moon, Storm moon April – Pink moon, Egg moon, Grass moon, Rain moon, Growing moon, Wind Moon May – Flower moon, Planting moon, Milk moon,...
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Jun 16th
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May 2011
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May 31st
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The Barometz
The vegetable Lamb of Tartary, also named Barometz, and Lycopodium barometz and Chinese lycopodium, is a plant whose shape is that of a lamb bearing a golden fleece.  It stands on four or five root stalks.  Sir Thomas Browne gives this description of it in his Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646): Much wonder is made of the Baromez, that strange plant-animal or vegetable Lamb of Tartary, which Wolves...
May 31st
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Subterranean Structures in Alphabetical Order
Bunker Casemate Catacombs Caves Ice caves Cave dwellings Cave temple Cellar Dungeon Dugout (shelter) Gallery Lava tubes Rock cut architecture, rock grave Subterranean rivers Tunnels (street tunnel, train tunnels) Underground city Underground lakes Underground rapid transit systems Volcanic pipes Wine caves via Wikipedia
May 31st