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Benefits of garlic

A. Sekilas Tentang Bawang Putih
Bawang putih (Allium sativum) adalah herba semusim berumpun yang mempunyai ketinggian sekitar 60 cm. Tanaman ini banyak ditanam di ladang-ladang di daerah pegunungan yang cukup mendapat sinar matahari. Batangnya batang semu dan berwarna hijau. Bagian bawahnya bersiung-siung, bergabung menjadi umbi besar berwarna putih. Tiap siung terbungkus kulit tipis dan kalau diiris [...]

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The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

bermudaOver the past century, hundreds of ships and planes have gone missing in a mysterious stretch of water in the Atlantic Ocean called the Bermuda Triangle. Is there a scientific explanation for these disappearances?

Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda are prime holiday destinations boasting sun, beaches and coral seas. But between these idyllic settings, there is a dark side: countless ships and planes have mysteriously gone missing in the one and a half million square miles of ocean separating them. About 60 years ago, the area was claiming about five planes every day and was nicknamed the Bermuda Triangle by a magazine in 1964. Today, about that many planes disappear in the region each year and there are a number of theories explaining what could be happening.

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Earth’s History: Freeze and Fry

frost fair

In the winter of 1780, New York harbour froze over: people walked across the ice from Manhattan to Staten Island. Around the same time, the French invaded the Netherlands over frozen rivers, while - on a lighter note - Londoners held Frost Fairs on the iced-up River Thames (pictured).

This was the period of the Little Ice Age. The world was then about one degree cooler than the average for the twentieth century.

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