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"It turns out that one teaspoonful of iodine is enough for a lifetime of thyroid hormone production. But the thyroid gland needs a constant supply of iodine, so we must intake iodine in some form on a daily basis and not all at once," Samet said. Too much iodine can actually make the...
The famous Sutton Hoo ship burial was found in East Anglia. The Angles ruled the kingdom. Essex or East Saxons is where the famous Battle of Maldon was fought against the Vikings in 991. The South Saxons established the kingdom of Sussex. Wessex or the West Saxons was later referred to...
These rodents have remarkable little bodies. For example, a squirrel has padded feet that cushions jumps from up to 20 feet (6 meters) long. Their eyes are high on their head and placed on each side of the head so they can see a large amount of their surroundings without having to turn...
On October 24, 1861, in a public referendum, voters overwhelmingly supported the creation of the new state, to be called Kanawha. The following month, a convention at Wheeling changed the name to West Virginia. A hundred years later, a Beckley newspaper suggested the name of the state be ...
History books, novels, and movies have taught us that Vikings were fierce sea-faring fighting men with horns on their helmets and blonde braided beards. They raided settlements for supplies and took people to be slaves. Much of this is true, but the Vikings did a lot more than that. View...
Nero, much to his relief, found his actions applauded. The senators said that they believed his life was at risk and congratulated him on killing his own mother. Seneca himself wrote Nero's report on the murder to the Senate. Becoming a despot ...
British Museum, in London, comprehensive national museum with particularly outstanding holdings in archaeology and ethnography. Among its most famous pieces are the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and treasures from the ship burial found at Sutton Hoo.
even those who were interred were sometimes given such a bier—a custom that was widespread from Iceland to England during the 7th and 8th centuriesce. Perhaps the most famous of such ship burials that have been excavated was that atSutton Hooin Suffolk, England. In one mound, archaeologists...
the further excavation of which can then be taken over by trained professionals. Such was the case atSutton Hooin Suffolk in 1939, when work begun by a competent amateur was taken over by a team of experts who were able to uncover a great Anglo-Saxon burial boat and its treasure, without...