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We made something new for families, and I think you’re going to like it.

It’s called the Young Herbalist Guide, and it’s designed to help kids start learning about useful herbs in a simple, hands-on way.

Inside, they’ll get introduced to herbs like lemon balm, dandelion, plantain, echinacea, elder, ginger, yarrow, rosemary and more, with activities that help turn herbal learning into something they can actually experience.

And right now, you can get the guide free.

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Here’s how:

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In May 1974, residents of Albury in New South Wales looked up to find millions of baby spiders raining down from the sky and covering the ground in thick white silk. The phenomenon is called ballooning, where spiders release silk threads that catch the wind and carry them through the air in massive numbers, sometimes rising thousands of meters before descending together.
The event was not unique to 1974. Ballooning spider showers have been documented across Australia multiple times, with one 2015 event in Goulburn leaving entire fields blanketed in white. Australia was already the continent with the most venomous spiders on earth. They also fall from the sky.

 

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Mongoose Lemurs are cathemeral, meaning that they are active at irregular times during both the day and night. During the rainy season, they tend to be a bit more active during the daytime, and during the dry season, they are a bit more active during the night.​

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Tarantulas keep tiny frogs as 'pets.'

By Bennett Kleinman

It may not be as heartwarming a tale as an adopted puppy or kitten finding their forever home, but tarantulas live with pets of their own — well, sort of. One species of arachnid has been known to welcome tiny frogs into their burrows, forming a symbiotic relationship that makes for a more unlikely living situation than that of The Odd Couple. While other spiders feast on frogs and vice versa, this peculiar mutualistic situation has been exhibited by the burrowing tarantulas and dotted humming frogs of the Amazon rainforest. The larger spider essentially acts as the tinier frog’s security detail, protecting the amphibians against snakes and other predators. In return, the frogs protect the tarantula’s eggs by slurping up any ants that enter the burrow, as ants are the primary predator of those tarantula eggs.

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Across Species

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A donut shop owner was shocked when CCTV showed a raccoon at the window holding out what looked like a coin, as if it was trying to buy a donut.
She decided to give it one, but when she looked more closely, she realized the coin appeared to be gold.
Before she could figure out where it came from, the raccoon grabbed the donut and disappeared. Stranger still, it never returned.
#wholesome #animals

 

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The four prominent U.S. presidents carved into Mount Rushmore were chosen by sculptor Gutzon Borglum to represent major milestones and ideals in American history, from Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase to Abraham Lincoln’s role in preserving the union.

 

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8 Things Invented by People You Never Would’ve Guessed​

Some of history’s innovators have been most famous for entirely different reasons, including celebrities from stage and screen.

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It will ALWAYS be Columbus day to me, crazy to change the name to indigitous people day, what they wanna celebrate TAKING THE LAND FROM THE INDIANS?

 

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The factory built a car with a driveshaft that bends.
A solid steel rope curved like a bow, running the whole length of the car under the floor, on purpose.
The 1961 Pontiac Tempest.
This was a compact family car sold against the small Fords and Plymouths, and Pontiac needed it to ride like a big one.
A normal driveshaft is a straight tube and it has to stay straight, which means a tall tunnel running down the middle of the floor and a heavy gearbox sitting between the front seats.
So Pontiac moved the transmission all the way back to the rear axle and joined the two with a solid steel shaft three quarters of an inch thick, bent into a curve on purpose, whipping through that curve with not one bearing holding it up anywhere along its length.
That is why the hump in the floor of this car is almost flat.
Three hundred thousand people bought one in three years because nothing else gave a small American car its weight split evenly front to rear.
What else was bent instead of straightened?
#classiccars #pontiac #carhistory #60scars #americanclassics

 

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the iconic 1940–1967 Tom & Jerry shorts are reportedly returning to Cartoon Network, bringing back the hand-drawn animation that defined generations of childhoods.
From legendary cat-and-mouse chases to timeless slapstick comedy, these classic shorts showcase the artistry and creativity of traditional animation at its finest.
The reported comeback also arrives amid renewed interest in hand-drawn animation, giving fans hope that this beloved art form could receive more attention from major studios again.
The classics never truly die — and Tom & Jerry prove it!
Who else grew up watching these legendary cartoons and wants more traditional hand-drawn animation?
#TomAndJerry #CartoonNetwork #ClassicCartoons #HandDrawnAnimation #AnimationNews #CartoonNostalgia #WarnerBros #90sNostalgia #Animation

 

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