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What practical use did the earrings in the ears give to the pirates?

Traditionally, sailors were allowed to wear an earring after their first crossing of the equator or after they had rounded Cape Horn. Many of them believed that the earring is a talisman that protects against seasickness or prevents its owner from drowning. However, many pirates wore this jewelry for practical purposes - in the event of their death, the earring became a payment for transportation to their relatives so that they would be properly buried. And the pirates who were in charge of firing cannons found even more banal uses for them - earrings served as earplugs during a loud shot.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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It is believed that this temple is about five thousand years old. Nowadays, cows are milked on the right side, while earlier it was milked from behind. This man was sitting on a special chair, while others were pouring milk into a special vessel on the ground. Still others poured milk into large earthenware vessels. It seems that the process of milking a cow was well organized already five thousand years ago.

Today, milk is obtained mainly from cows and goats. But in other parts of the world, milk from other animals is also used. For example, in Asia it is a camel, a horse or a yak. Eskimos and Laplanders drink reindeer milk. Buffaloes provide milk in India and Central Asia. Sheep are milked in Europe and Asia.

Milk contains several hundred different chemical elements, but most of all it contains calcium, phosphorus and protein. Since milk is easily digested, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals are quickly and efficiently absorbed by the body. Milk sugar (lactose) and the main milk protein (casein) are found only in milk.

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