What the heck is a distaff?

What the heck is a distaff?

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Today in History

Jan. 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan. 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Jan. 7, 2026Old Rock Day

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Oct. 21, 2023International Archaeology Day
Jun. 15, 2025Happy Fathers Day!
Mar. 14, 2024Happy Pi Day!
Bungle beehives
Dec. 29, 2023Oud-West neighbourhood, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where history comes alive
Dec. 13, 2023Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Sep. 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
Apr. 30, 2025International Jazz Day
Feb. 19, 2026Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
Jan. 28, 2025Short-eared owl
Jul. 8, 2024Blueberries growing in the wild
Oct. 20, 2023International Sloth Day
Dec. 21, 2024Happy winter solstice!
Sep. 21, 2023International Day of Peace
Let there be lights!
Jun. 22, 2025World Rainforest Day
Sep. 19, 2023Splügen Pass, Switzerland
What waterborne wizardry is this?
Jul. 28, 2025World Nature Conservation Day
Mar. 13, 2024Lake Magadi, Kenya
Desert daggers?
Feb. 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
Jun. 11, 2024A group of Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
Feb. 16, 2024Great Backyard Bird Count
Apr. 15, 2025World Art Day
Dec. 6, 2025Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
Dec. 8, 2025Christmas lights on buildings of Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
Jan. 8, 2026Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
Jan. 31, 2024International Zebra Day