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I am stealing this idea from another room , which in turn stole the idea from the TV show Cash Cab . Since we are devoted to history , cash cab seemed to modern , so I opted for a more ancient and classical mode of transportation . It works like this , I ask a question and the person who comes up with the correct answer first gets to ask the next question , preferably relating to archaeology and history .

Silken spider webs dating back some 140 million years have been discovered preserved in amber, scientists announce today. "These turn out to be the earliest webs that have ever been incorporated in the fossil record to our knowledge," said lead researcher Martin Brasier, a paleontologist at the University of Oxford.

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I know this is recent history but I thought it might of some interest.
The drought stated in 1931 and continued for the next four years. During this time Dust storms went through northern Texas, the panhandle of Oklahoma and Arkansas. People died from dust pneumonia, cattle and other stock went blind by the sand that whipped by. Many died as they were buried unable to find water. It got into everything. People taped their windows put up wet sheets over that, and still woke up coughing with the dust on the face and in their lungs. Then came Black Sunday. April 4 1935.
This dust storm was 2 thousand feet high 100 miles across. Travelling at 100 miles per hour. By the time it was done a total of 850 million tons of top soil had blown off the land. How to describe what was left? Stripped and lifeless as in a coma areas that were thought never be productive again and over one hundred thousand people gone.

The Latest Underwater Discoveries - remarkable.

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We are taught about the " great" deeds of many figures in history , but most often we hear virtually nothing about the rest of their lives . I recently watched a show on cable about William the Conqueror ( either the Biography or History channel ) .

The word "salary" is derived for the Latin word for the salt used to pay soldiers.

I was wondering if peole migt want to present a history tourof your city state or place?
tour of portland
1. start on eastern prom cemetary. the site of the last Native american clash with local residents also the founders of portland are buried there
2. City Hall walk up the thirs flooer to see where a british canon ball struck the bulding duringgthe war of 1812. the Harboe was alot closer lots of landfill. One half bloc away is the home for a few years of Henry david Longfellow.
3.6 blocks down congress street is where the grest fire occurred that destroyed half of Potrland in 1840's.
4. stop at the recreation of the famous 2 foot rail that use to run all through out the state and new england they are attempting to rebuild about 200 miles of track and have refurbished a couple of cars.
5 last stop th prom field where 2 very stupid british sailors, s a captain & his Leutenant after taking a few shots at Portland left the ship walked up the measowback then and ran into 2 deserters having a picnic with their wives. The were quckly captured and held for ransom at the custom House part of Alexander Hamiton's control of imports (smuggling)

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No , not the Dickens novel . I was recently struck by the parallels of the founding of two of the world's great cities , Venice and Tenochtitlan .