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Burning frankincense to watch the smoke trail

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Incense wasn't just for making a room smell tolerable. Ancient diviners would toss expensive resins onto hot coals and aggressively judge the resulting cloud. If the fumes clung to the ground, everyone prepared for immediate disaster.

Burning frankincense to watch the smoke trail
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