Whats a distaff?

Whats a distaff?

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Today in History

7 Jan 2024Great Staple Tor, Dartmoor National Park
7 Jan 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
7 Jan 2026Old Rock Day

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Happy Yorkshire Day!
13 Feb 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
11 Feb 2024Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
All going swimmingly
4 Aug 2025Great grey owls in their nest, Finland
30 Jan 2025Rolands Breach, Spain
Heads together
8 Mar 2024International Womens Day
16 Mar 2025Baby giant panda in China
21 Apr 2026European hedgehog, France
26 May 2025Baobab trees, Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar
1 Dec 2023Antarctica Day
2 Sep 2025Camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
A bridge that holds up history
11 Oct 2024Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
11 Mar 2026Peach trees in Cieza, Murcia, Spain
21 Jan 2024Squirrel Appreciation Day
From victory to festivity
The oldest way to fly
14 Mar 2025Celebrating Pi Day
26 Jul 2024Summer Olympics begin in Paris
Bewitched by the fairy flower
Something to ‘bee’ thankful for
23 Jan 2025Sundance Film Festival
11 Apr 2024Dragon waterfall, Venezuela
23 Jun 2025Elbe river in Dresden, Saxony, Germany
20 Oct 2024International Sloth Day
19 May 2024Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
2 Oct 2024Wind River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
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