1. SNAKE ISLAND WAS ONCE PART OF THE BRAZILIAN MAINLAND UNTIL IT WAS ISOLATED FROM THE CONTINENT 11,000 YEARS AGO DUE TO THE RISING SEA LEVELS. THE RISING WATERS TRAPPED THE SNAKES ON THE ISLAND WHEN IT COVERED UP THE LAND THAT CONNECTED IT TO THE MAINLAND. THE EXTREMELY VENOMOUS AND CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GOLDEN LANCEHEAD FLOURISHED RAPIDLY ON THE ISLAND SINCE THERE WERE NO GROUND-LEVEL PREDATORS ON THE ISLAND. THE SNAKES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 90 PERCENT OF ALL SNAKEBITE-RELATED DEATHS IN BRAZIL. ACCESS TO THE ISLAND IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE BRAZILIAN NAVY AND SELECTED RESEARCHERS.
2.THE DANAKIL DESERT IN ETHIOPIA HAS BEEN CALLED THE CRUELEST PLACE ON EARTH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC . IT IS ONE OF THE MORE HOTTER AND ARID PLACES ON EARTH. IT IS FILLED WITH SALT SAND, HEAT AND VOLVANIC ACTIVITY. IT IS ALSO DOTTED WITH ACTIVE LAVA BEDS. TEMPERATURES RISE AS HIGH AS 145 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. INSPITE OF IT'S HARSHNESS THE AFAR PEOPLE LIVE IN THE AREA. THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE SALT PRESENT FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
3. IN ANCIENT EGYPT, DOCTORS USED A DEAD MOUSE WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS AND PUT THIS PASTE RIGHT ONTO THE ACHING TOOTH OR SWOLLEN GUM TO RELIEVE PAIN.
4.ALBUM GRAECUM IS THE DUNG OF DOGS OR HYEANS THAT HAS HAS BECOME WHITE THROIGH EXPOSURE TO AIR. IN THEMIDDLE AGES , BETWEEN 1721 AND 1746, THIS WAS A COMMON FORM OF MEDICATION FOR SORE THROAT. THE DRIED POOP WAS CRUSHED INTO A POWDER AND MIXED WITH HONEY.
2.THE DANAKIL DESERT IN ETHIOPIA HAS BEEN CALLED THE CRUELEST PLACE ON EARTH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC . IT IS ONE OF THE MORE HOTTER AND ARID PLACES ON EARTH. IT IS FILLED WITH SALT SAND, HEAT AND VOLVANIC ACTIVITY. IT IS ALSO DOTTED WITH ACTIVE LAVA BEDS. TEMPERATURES RISE AS HIGH AS 145 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. INSPITE OF IT'S HARSHNESS THE AFAR PEOPLE LIVE IN THE AREA. THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE SALT PRESENT FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
3. IN ANCIENT EGYPT, DOCTORS USED A DEAD MOUSE WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS AND PUT THIS PASTE RIGHT ONTO THE ACHING TOOTH OR SWOLLEN GUM TO RELIEVE PAIN.
4.ALBUM GRAECUM IS THE DUNG OF DOGS OR HYEANS THAT HAS HAS BECOME WHITE THROIGH EXPOSURE TO AIR. IN THEMIDDLE AGES , BETWEEN 1721 AND 1746, THIS WAS A COMMON FORM OF MEDICATION FOR SORE THROAT. THE DRIED POOP WAS CRUSHED INTO A POWDER AND MIXED WITH HONEY.