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Birds such as grouse, pheasants and turkeys have a muscular part of the stomach called a gizzard, which pulverizes or crushes hickory and acorn seeds.


Icicle Brigade


Icicle Brigade
Authorities in Moscow have hired mountaineers to climb buildings and knock off the icicles. Three people have been killed, and others injured by icicles falling from tall buildings this winter. As the temperature rises and spring approaches, icicles (some several meters long) begin to melt and fall to the sidewalks.
MARCH 24, 2001
San Francisco Chronicle
MARCH 24, 2001

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