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Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Sovereign Hill depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold there in 1851 and has become a nationally acclaimed tourist attraction. It is one of Victoria's most popular attractions and Ballarat's most famous. As part of a major 20-year Master Plan, the museum has recently expanded its cultural and educational focus with the establishment of new national centres and precincts dedicated to rare trades, gold rush collections, and Wadawurrung culture.

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Shachihoko 鯱

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Shachihoko 鯱

Kochi Castle 高知城
Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
日本四国地方高知県高知市

Shachihoko (鯱), or shachi, are mythical orca-like creatures found on the top of the roofs of Japanese castles, temple gates or samurai houses during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Shachi were believed to protect against fire and were carved in wood and often coated in gold when placed on the tops of castles. Shachi were also ceramic or cast in bronze or copper and as well as their fire-prevention duties acted as ornate roof decorations and symbols of power and wealth. Shachi usually come in male and female pairs and the creatures have a fearsome tiger-like head and a carp-like fish body. It is thought shachi were originally derived from Hindu sea monsters and came to Japan via China on the Silk Road along with Buddhism.
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Aflevering 4: Flor onder de radar

In de zomer van 2020 flaneren Flor Bressers en zijn vriendin Petronella ongestoord door de straten van Zürich.

Waarom Nederland de brandstofaccijnzen níet verlaagt

Deze week presenteert het kabinet maatregelen tegen de stijgende energieprijzen. Die rijzen de pan uit sinds de start van de oorlog in Iran.

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Magnificent irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs

Zuck reportedly needs to capture workers’ keystrokes to build AI

Meta, the company built on watching everything its billions of users do online so it can keep them clicking on ragebait and targeted ads, is reportedly now installing surveillance software on employees’ work computers.…

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Delenda Est Dracunculus

Guinea worm disease is poised to become the second human disease in history to be eradicated. When the Carter Center's work began in 1986, Guinea worm disease afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people every year in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. In 2025 there were only 10 reported human cases. The eradication effort is the first to be done without vaccines or medicine. Instead, thousands of community volunteers were recruited, teaching people to filter all drinking water and keep infected people and animals away from water sources.

"Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is contracted when people consume water from stagnant sources contaminated with Guinea worm larvae. The parasite's incubation period is long. That means anyone affected is not aware until about a year after infection, when the adult female Guinea worm – measuring up to 3 feet long – creates a painful blister, often on the leg or foot, and slowly emerges over the course of weeks. The disease incapacitates people for extended periods. Secondary infections, often caused by traditional efforts to pull the Guinea worm out, compound the suffering and prolong the time of disability."