A novel idea for moving over 9,000 books, ibises following their foster human parents on a migration journey from the Alps to Spain, and evidence suggesting how the Egyptian pyramids were really built are a few of the fascinating stories I’ve read and enjoyed over the past month.
I hope you enjoy them, too!
What I Found Interesting
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When Chelsea, Michigan bookstore owner Michelle Tuplin faced the logistical challenge of moving over 9,100 books to a larger storefront less than 400 feet away, she asked volunteers to give her a hand.
Expecting a few dozen volunteers to show up, Tuplin was overwhelmed with gratitude when 300 folks in the community showed up.
They formed two lines along the sidewalk handing individual books to each other.
Less than two hours later all the books had been moved and were sorted and alphabetized.
And the story made it to the national news. 🙂
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His murals look so realistic I had to check them twice, thinking they were photographs.
On the streets of Barranquilla, Colombia, artist Omar Alonso gives tribute to manual labor workers, dignity, and liberation in works like the mural of a sleeping man that transmit a social message.
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If you’re a local leader in the United States or a U.S. territory looking to transform a vacant lot into gardens for your community, check out the Lots of Compassion grant from Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day and KidsGardening.
Nonprofit organizations, school districts, universities, religious organizations, or other tax-exempt organizations in the United States and U.S. territories are eligible to apply.
Ten grants will be awarded for $20,000 (US dollars) each. Deadline to apply for the grant is June 16, 2025.
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For years, it was thought the pyramids in Egypt were built by enslaved people.
Archeologists and Egyptian scholars now point to evidence suggesting the pyramids were built by skilled labor.
Who Really Built the Egyptian Pyramids—And How Did They Do It? discusses the findings and recent work of archeologists Mark Lehner, Jonathan Shaw, and Zahi Hawass
…modern experiments have shown that this amount of stone could be quarried and moved, using the technology available, by a team of 1,200 to 1,500 workers, around the same number of people archaeologists believe to have been on-site during construction.
Something new I learned: the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure for 4,000 years, only surpassed by the Eiffel Tower in the late 1800’s.
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Did you know you can watch free-to-air TV stations from around the world on TV Garden?
Excellent way to learn about what’s happening around the world, and for learning a new language.
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The Northern Bald Ibis went extinct in Europe in the 1600’s, the result of hunting and habitat loss.
Due to reintroduction efforts, a small population of ibises is soaring high with their human foster parents, as the birds learn a new migration journey from the Alps to Andalusia in Spain.
The goal of the project is to create a self-sustaining population of Northern Bald Ibis by 2028.
