That salt block the kid is standing on brings back an early childhood memory. My folks owned a general store in a moderately remote area, and once when I was maybe around 4 years old my father took me with him when he went into town to pick up some stock at a wholesaler's. I remember the salt blocks, both red and yellow, stacked up against a wall. I am too lazy this morning to bother looking up what the different colors indicate-different mineral supplements of some sorts.
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That salt block the kid is standing on brings back an early childhood memory. My folks owned a general store in a moderately remote area, and once when I was maybe around 4 years old my father took me with him when he went into town to pick up some stock at a wholesaler's. I remember the salt blocks, both red and yellow, stacked up against a wall. I am too lazy this morning to bother looking up what the different colors indicate-different mineral supplements of some sorts.
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DeleteI only remember white and yellow.
DeleteVideo: The Extinction That Never Happened [Click] The Burgess Shale fauna didn’t just go extinct. Similar assemblages, both older and younger, have been found on almost every continent, and their present day descendants include various types of worms, arthropods, chordates etc, notably including horseshoe crabs.
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Deaths:246(+1)
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Tests:378,719(+366)
Postivity Rate down to 1%
Death Rate holding at 1.1%