Thousands of years ago the house martin was black and lived in the chimneys of houses. It is common knowledge that this bird catches large amounts of mosquitoes, which is why people like them. A much less well-known fact is that the house martin was literally present at the birth of the bat. Bats came […]

No less than 97% of water on earth is salt water, but not all salt water is equally salty. This might possibly have resulted from a quantity of botched up celestial soup. Naturally the cunning devil also played a role in this. Read on: The angels did their very best to keep the chosen souls […]

Angels and saints play a major role in heaven. In times past the lark performed an equally important function up there, but things went badly wrong. Ever since he sings and then flies almost directly upwards until you lose sight of him. It looks like he’s flying straight to heaven. That is the truth of […]

Aujourd’hui, les anges et les saints ont un rôle clé au paradis. Dans les anciens temps l’alouette occupait une place importante dans le ciel, mais cela a mal tourné. Depuis lors, elle vole en chantant presque verticalement vers le haut jusqu’à ce qu’on ne peut plus la distinguer. Elle semble s’envoler vers le ciel. Et […]

Heutzutage spielen Engel und Heilige eine Hauptrolle im Himmel. Vor langer Zeit hatte die Lerche eine wichtige Funktion im Himmel, aber dies ist misslungen. Seitdem fliegt sie singend nahezu aufrecht in die Höhe bis man sie nicht mehr sehen kann. Sie scheint zum Himmel zu fliegen. Und dies stimmt auch. Höre diese alte Legende zu. […]