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Brick Tea Money at the Smithsonian
During our recent trip to the US, we stopped at the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, DC.
One of the mini exhibits there was a meditation on money called Stories on Money that “demonstrates the interplay among people, money and history, from the earliest times to the present day.”
One of the examples of unconventional currency types used throughout history is Brick Tea Money from 19th Century Chinese Turkistan (present day Xinjiang province and neighboring regions) pictured above.
Tea bricks as pictured above is one of China’s ancient tea processing traditions that continues today most commonly with Pu’er tea.
As we have discussed earlier here, pu’er tea discs and bricks were highly prized treasures traded along the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
Cool to see different historical uses of Chinese tea at the Smithsonian Institution in the US!
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Codename: Sailor V anime opening. Although the manga wasn’t actually adapted into a full-length anime series, I think this opening was created as some sort of special or bonus feature. However, there were originally plans to make an OVA of the series before Sailor Moon came about so that may also be this video’s source.
Okay, factual stuff aside, this video makes me giddy with tiny fangirl emotions every time I watch it. I’m a total nostalgia junkie and this just gives me a major rush, as does all Sailor Moon-related stuff. AND IF YOU PAUSE AT 1:00
OH DEAR GOD I ALMOST CRIED
This is a fan-created opening made by the YT uploader (fabzt10). It’s true that there were plans to make a Sailor V OVA that fell through, but this is unrelated.
It’s still a beautiful piece of animation, though, and such a beautiful expression of dedication and faithfulness to the canon. :)
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Marble Cathedral, Chile, Photograph by Karl-Heinz Raach
A series of caves and tunnels formed from marble is at the center of Chile’s Lake General Carrera. The Patagonian lake crosses the border into Argentina, where it’s called Lake Buenos Aires.(x)
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Today Siefl found out she can’t donate blood because she is .1 away from having the minimum amount of hemoglobin in her body :’(
Darn veggie diet did this to me.
Highfive! I am both under the minimum amount of hemoglobin (although more severely), AND under the minimum weight requirements.
Which I’m okay with, I guess. Because fuck needles.
Also tea consumption inhibits the absorption of non-heme iron.
