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Lacedaemonian

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  1. I follow the Hellenic religion. I do not believe in the existence of a God, but I rather follow the rules of religion as a way of life. For instance, I do not consider children born out of wedlock cursed as other religions did and do. Other things are adoration of the human body, adoration of nature, sports playing a key role in everyday life, etc. The principles of the Hellenic religion are almost identical to the post-60s cultural norm. In my neighborhood, I can think of at least three people who either believe in the Hellenic religion or in a mix of Christian-Hellenic worship. Fun fact: Greeks that follow Jesus are called Rhomaioi(Romans) because of the Byzantine Empire(Eastern Roman Empire), and Greeks that follow the old religion are called Ethnikoi(Nationals).
  2. Our knowledge of the Earth's core comes mainly from the patterns in the traveling of seismic waves. For instance, scientists know that the outer core is liquid because the S waves do not propagate. Shear waves do not propagate in liquid.
  3. The first elements to be created were Hydrogen and Helium. First-generation stars consisted of these two elements. The fusion inside these stars created the heavier elements and when the stars exploded these elements created the soup in which the second-generation stars were made, which were higher in metallicity. Metallicity for the asrophysicists is the content of a star in elements higher than Hydrogen and Helium. The Sun has high metallicity because was made from the remains of a first-generation star. Because Earth was created in the same planetary disk of dust that the sun was made has metals in the interior. Also, some metals come from asteroid impacts. The K-T extinction asteroid caused a layer of Iridium in the global stratigraphy.
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