As far as things sitting on a shelf go, snowglobes aren’t the most mysterious of objects. However, when compared to other tchotchke that may be cluttering up the kitchen they do hold a certain allure. Their secrets given up soon after a quick shake, snowglobes have little else to hide. So imagine their surprise when… Continue reading Seasoning For The Season
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Mysterious Russian nesting dolls measure accurately
It must be by some prescient force of Russian magic that Sergei Maliutin and Vasiliy Zvezdochkin created Russian nesting dolls. How else would they have been able to know that over 100 years later, the toy would be discovered to be an actual tool? Whether you call them nesting dolls or matrioshka, matryoshka, babushka dolls,… Continue reading Mysterious Russian nesting dolls measure accurately