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Encyclopedia Magazine-Creepy Crawlies 百科杂志-爬虫惊魂
What is a creepy crawly? Well, it isnt easy to give a straight definition so Ill tell you a couple of stories to try to explain. A few years ago I was on holiday in Holland. I was on a bicycle trip and at the very first sign of a hill, I got off my b
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Encyclopedia Magazine-"Feeding the world" why we need rice“养育世界”为什么我们需
Rice is low-fat and high in energy, and you can mix it with just about anything to make a wide variety of tasty nutritious dishes. Ask anyone from any country in the world to tell you their favourite rice recipe and you will get a wide selection, ran
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Encyclopedia Magazine-Archaeology 百科杂志-考古学
Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, the study of old things. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, documents, paintings and photogra
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Encyclopedia Magazine-The meaning of 'tingo'百科杂志-“tingo”的意思
I recently found a book by the writer Adam Jacot de Boinod called The Meaning Of Tingo. As a native speaker of English, I was a bit confused. I had never heard of this word tingo, and was curious about the title of the book. As I soon found out, even
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Encyclopedia Magazine-Danger: bird bath!危险，小鸟池！
We all know that chainsaws are very dangerous. In Britain, 1207 people had to visit hospitals after accidents with chainsaws in 1999. However, in the same year, 16,662 people, more than twelve times as many, were injured by their sofa! In June 2001,
