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Where do huge stones serve as money?

On the Yap Islands in the Pacific Ocean, for a long time, the function of money was performed by huge stone coins with a hole in the center - “rais”. The largest stones reached 3 meters in diameter and weighed 4 tons, so when purchased they were often not moved from place to place, but simply the name of the new owner was written on them.

Today, these stones retain their symbolic meaning for the locals as attributes of wealth.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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How did the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir Svyatoslavovich motivate his rejection of Islam?

According to The Tale of Bygone Years, Bulgarian Muslims arrived in Kyiv in 986 to convert Prince Vladimir to Islam.

When asked by the prince, what is the essence of their faith, they explained: “Mohammed teaches us this: cut off secret uds and do not eat pork, do not drink wine after death, you can fornicate with wives. Mohammed will give everyone seventy beautiful wives, and choose from them one most beautiful, and will embody the beauty of all in her - she will be his wife. And here you can indulge in fornication to your heart's content. And if someone is poor in this world, then also in that one. " "And many more false things were said," says the chronicler, "about which it is impossible to write shamefully for the sake of it."

According to the chronicle, Vladimir listened to the Muslim ambassadors very favorably. He especially liked in Islam that one can indulge in fornication to the fullest extent. "Be bo himself loving his wife and wandering a lot," the chronicler remarks disapprovingly. But what was "disliked" to the prince was circumcision, as well as a ban on the consumption of pork meat. Especially unacceptable was the prohibition to drink wine.

It was then that Vladimir uttered the famous phrase: "Russia is fun drinking, we cannot exist without it." This ended the conversation.

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