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Recent Examples of dunghillIn Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018 Its most abiding image involved a young woman lying on a dunghill and working herself to orgasm with the aid of a disembodied hand.—The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Living in the wood economy means relying on wood, dung, and other basic bioenergy.
Although primarily related to bird guano and agriculture rather than bat guano and gunpowder, the Guano Islands Act highlighted just how strategically important guano had become in American history.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Per Live Science, the case highlights the importance of raising awareness of the danger of using bat guano as a fertilizer.
Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.
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Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.
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