The Good Stept, a Generational Curling Stone

The popular depiction of bees in media, from winnie the poo to the bee movie, is that they're friendly little fellows who live in big hives with their family and do team work. But the reality is that most bees are solitary. Most bees mostly live in holes in the ground, but many of them also drill holes into things or find naturally occurring cracks to live in and lay their eggs in. In 20 15, a doctoral student named michael ore was looking through rock samples and discovered something weird. He found sandstone samples that were full of holes drilled by mason bees.

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[Trivia Question]

Stonehenge sarsen vs. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

https://www.livescience.com/22427-stonehenge-facts.html

[Fact Off]

Microgranite used for curling stones

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/505002/

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91856/ailsa-craig

https://olympics.com/en/news/the-remarkable-properties-and-origins-of-the-olympic-curling-stone