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TIL that in the Iron Age, Yahweh was the storm-and-warrior deity of the Israelites, who lead the heavenly army against Israel's enemies. At the time, he was worshipped alongside a variety of other gods and goddesses, but over time they were merged or progressively thrown away

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0delN TIL that ice cave was coined by Edwin Swift Balch in 1900, and the three main temperature mechanisms are cold traps, permafrost and evaporative cooling. These mechanisms finally result in the cave temperature being colder than surface and then ice cave is formed.
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