21. Stuff you just can’t recycle: When practical, send such items back to the manufacturer and tell them they need to manufacture products that close the waste loop responsibly.
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1. Tea is one of the world’s oldest beverages. The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, was first discovered by the ancient Chinese, who then spent many centuries perfecting the art of tea production, which resulted in a variety of types available today.
2. The etiquette of preparing and drinking tea was first documented by the Chinese, as well. The third volume of the book published in 780 A.D. by the author Lu Yu elaborated on different ways to brew and serve tea. The tea pot and the tea bowl are also Chinese inventions.
3. After the Chinese, tea was first adopted by the Japanese and then, in the 17th century, by the Europeans looking for cash crops to grow in their tropical colonies. In those early days, tea in Europe was a highly prized luxury item. Today, tea is cultivated most widely in China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, and Georgia.
4. Famous British “5 o’clock tea” was founded by the seventh Duchess of Bedford who was prone to light bouts of hunger in the afternoon. Once, she ordered a pot of tea with light snacks to be served in her room, and enjoyed the experience so much that made afternoon tea an everyday ritual. Soon, all London was sipping tea and nibbling on little sandwiches around 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
5. While the Chinese and Japanese always consume tea as is, and the Europeans add milk into it, the Tibetans prefer to drink tea laced with… yak butter, the Moroccans flavour their beverage with mint, basil, or sage, and the Russian add jam into their tea.
6. The European habit of drinking tea with milk is traced back to the 18th century Britain. In those days, expensive china tea bowls were so fragile that hot tea poured there might easily break them. This this why cold milk was added to delicate bowls first.
7. The most exotically flavoured tea is made in Kashmir: a blend of green and Darjeeling tea is brewed together with crushed green cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, chopped almonds, and pine nuts.
8. Many naturopathic doctors discourage their patients from drinking tea since it can overstimulate the adrenal gland and disrupt the delicate blood-sugar-regulation mechanism, thus leading to chronic fatigue, depression, allergies, insomnia, and other disorders.
9. On the other hand, the Asians always considered tea beneficial. Ancient Chinese doctors were prescribing a tea leaves brew as a cure for headaches and even as the elixir of immortality! It was believed that tea clears the voice, improves the memory, promotes digestion, and regulates all processes within the body.
10 Things You Did Not Know About The Giza Pyramids, (And Other Crazy Theories About How and Why They Were Built)
There are hundreds of ancient pyramids in Egypt, but only three great pyramids at Giza.
If you have not seen the pyramids, you have not traveled. They are truly a once in a lifetime experience. These are some facts about the pyramids, especially the Great Pyramid of Khufu. I expect the topic to develop to how and why the pyramids were built, therefore be prepared for some crackpot theories. They all deserve a thought because the fact is: No one knows for sure.
If you have not seen the pyramids, you have not traveled. They are truly a once in a lifetime experience. These are some facts about the pyramids, especially the Great Pyramid of Khufu. I expect the topic to develop to how and why the pyramids were built, therefore be prepared for some crackpot theories. They all deserve a thought because the fact is: No one knows for sure.
The Giza Pyramids:
1- Until 1984, it was not illegal in Egypt to climb the pyramids. The law was changed after many deaths of fool-hardy tourists who were killed in their attempts to climb the Great Pyramid.
1- Until 1984, it was not illegal in Egypt to climb the pyramids. The law was changed after many deaths of fool-hardy tourists who were killed in their attempts to climb the Great Pyramid.
2- The four faces of the Great Pyramid are aligned almost perfectly with true north, east, south and west. The four side corners are almost perfect 90 degrees.
3- Deviation from perfection in rising angles is less than 0.015%. The need for such accuracy is impossible to understand; even modern-day buildings are not as accurate in their dimensions.
4- It is the oldest (2550 BC) and one of the largest man-made structures (also one of the wonders) of the ancient world.
5- It is thought that the Great Pyramid is made of 2.3 million blocks, weighing 2.5 tons each. Within the structure there are blocks of up to 20 tons in weight.
7- The height of the Great Pyramid (481.3949 feet) and the perimeter of its base (3023.16 feet) imply that the ancient Egyptian knew the mathematical value of Pi long before the Greeks "discovered" it.
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