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Today I will be mostly reading #Pliny the Elder Image
Intriguing fact from #Pliny: gazelles sneeze when they see the Dog Star
Another intriguing fact: in 461 BC, when it rained meat from the sky, none of the meat went off #Pliny
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FAHAMU MADINI YA ALMAS 💎 UTAJIRI & VITA YAKE

#Uzi:
📋Asili yake
📋Historia yake
📋Mgunduzi wake
📋Aina & Thamani yake
📋Vita yake duniani na Tanzania
📋🇹🇿 iligunduliwa lini na nani, wapi
📋DE BEERS & Msukuma wa Williamson DIAMONDS, aliyeipenda Mwadui hakuna wa mfano wake!!
🔄👇
Leo nimechagua kuzungumzia Maliasili za Taifa🇹🇿

#Maliasili ni vitu vinavyotokana na maumbile. MFANO:Wanyama, Misitu, Madini n.k kama ulikuwa hufahamu maliasili za nchi huchangia ktk utajiri wa nchi husika.Mojawapo ni South Africa, imenawiri kiuchumi kutokana na utajiri wa madini
Nafahamu ulishawahi kujiuliza, Almasi ni nini? Iko iko je? au Almasi zinatengenezwa na nini?

LEO nakupa Jibu:

#ALMASI: Ni kito Adimu chenye thamani kubwa sana Duniani. Kito hiki ni kigumu sana kushinda Metali au madini yote Duniani. Asili yake hutengenezwa na Carbon (C) 99.95%
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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.

It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).

French / Luxembourghish sign: The River Sauer in Martelan...
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name). The Greek island of Skiatho...
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.

#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names. A map showing the main rive...
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