Old Ways

These vegetables and nuts can actually protect you from UV rays

When we go outside, we need to protect ourselves from the sun. We generally make sure there is sunscreen available and any other protective measures we…

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Prevention and cure for bee and wasp stings

One thing that has become synonymous with the bees is that it hurts when they sting you. The first prevention…

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Burning the right wood in your campfire – it makes all the difference

So which woods are good for burning, and which aren't? We often have a range of wood that we can…

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Tools used by the pioneers to tame the wilderness

Setting out for the borderland in the 19th century was very different than moving today. You were not moving to…

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Burdock: The plant can be consumed both as food and as herbal medicine

While having a peaceful walk through serene woodlands, you may have come across sticky burrs clinging to your trousers after…

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The Pirate Cemetery of Madagascar. Home of an estimated 1,000 pirates

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Ile Sainte-Marie (or St. Mary's Island as it is known in English), a long,…

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The inventive ways people made food during extreme famines – Bark Bread

We may be living a lifestyle where we hardly miss a meal and even if we sometime do we instantly…

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Prepper: How to cook without drawing attention to yourself

Despite our natural urge to socialize and invite friends and family over whenever we can: in a situation where things have…

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Fleeing to the jungle during the Vietnam War, a father & son survived there for 41 years

After more than 40 years an elderly father and son were 'rescued' from the Vietnamese jungle, having spent 41 years…

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Otzi the Iceman: His clothing reveals stylish secrets of the leather-loving ancient man

Ever since it was first discovered more than twenty-five years ago that Otzi the iceman has gained a status of a…

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