From the Chernobyl notebooks

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The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Russia that made the world sit up and talk about better safety regulations was an incident where animals in the area knew before the local residents staying just a few miles from the site. It was observed that bees behaved differently so did cows in the area while one could not find worms on the ground for days after the disaster.

Environmental aspects, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nuclear Accident, 1986, Nuclear accidents

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Million-dollar mountains

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Boy Scouts Troop 26 of Ferndale, WA, camped near Lone Jack Mine in the North Cascades and helped restore an historic cliffside trail once used by miners. The Scouts got the chance to help miners carry rocks bearing gold ore and were awarded the Historic Trails Award.

Gold industry, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, North Cascades National Park, Washington, Boy Scouts

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St. Petersburg on 5 million rubles a day

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St Petersburg has become a city with shops full of goods that are far too expensive for ordinary citizens since the transition to a free market allowed the unscrupulous to plunder the public wealth. However, the residents love their city and their new-found liberty.

Social aspects, Economic aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Russians, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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