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Why are scavengers called goldsmiths?

Before the work of sewers was mechanized, the collection of sewage from cesspools and their transportation was accompanied by a certain smell, so they were allowed to work only at night. Because of this, and also because of the economic use as a fertilizer, feces was jokingly called "night gold". Vacuum cleaners, respectively, were nicknamed goldsmiths, and this term is firmly entrenched in the language.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What snakes are venomous?

Man has always felt fear and aversion to snakes. Their appearance, the way they moved, and the fact that people died after being bitten by snakes, caused this horror.

There are over 2000 types of snakes. They live on the ground, in soil, in water and in trees. They can be found in almost all parts of the globe, with the exception of the polar regions and some islands.

What are the poisonous teeth of snakes? They are hollow, with a hole at the top. These teeth are located in the upper jaw and are connected to poison glands located inside the head. A venomous snake cannot be made completely harmless by removing its teeth, because they can grow back.

Snakes usually release their venom into their prey to kill or paralyze them until they are eaten.

There are about 120 non-venomous snakes that live in the United States. But there are only four poisonous varieties. One of them is a coral snake from the cobra family. She lives only in the south.

The other three species belong to the family of pockmarked vipers - these are the rattlesnake, the muzzle and the water muzzle. Rattlesnakes are about 10 species. All of them can be combined into one type, which is easily recognizable by the rings on the tail.

Northwest Asian vipers, like rattlesnakes, are called lateral attackers because they move sideways as well as in a normal direction. About 600 species of snakes are venomous, but only a quarter of them are fatal to humans. Vipers are the only poisonous snakes in Europe. Only three species live in Great Britain: the smooth snake, the common snake and the viper. And only the viper is poisonous. There are no snakes in Ireland, but English snakes live in fields, steppes and forests.

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