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by Dictionary Scoop As with Granny Smith apples, many familiar fruits and vegetables are actually carrying around the names of real people. Behind those supermarket labels are farmers, judges, missionaries, immigrants, and a few very lucky gardeners. Let’s take a look at ten people whose names unexpectedly became part of our grocery vocabulary. …
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by Amanda Ruggeri BBC Anthropologist Gandhi Yetish remembers the bedtime ritual he had as a child during cold New Jersey winters. He would open his window, letting the frigid air rush in and cool his face. He’d quickly feel drowsier, though he’d wonder what his mother would say about the heating bill. …
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by Dictionary Scoop We recognize certain symbols almost without thinking. Yet, when we stop to consider them, the object and the idea it represents can seem unrelated. As history unfolds, some unforeseen events created symbols that stuck until they became conventions. Here is the story of how 10 everyday objects became universal symbols. 1-Why …
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by Kevin Burton We should do this more often. This was salve to an aching heart. Driving around with my wife, looking for garage sales, soaking in that 60s music sound. It was the weekend of our town’s citywide garage sale. On the horizon: low-priced treasures we can not live without, that we …
by Kevin Burton What a shame that we as Christians would need such a reminder, but at times we all do. We all want to spend time with those we love, and God is no different. In today’s message, Dr. Charles Stanley, founder of In Touch Ministries, will use the word meditation. That’s …
by Adam Silverstein New York Post A Montana softball player discovered she had a long-lost sister when she faced her sibling on the opposing team — and a teammate pointed out how much the pair looked alike. Samantha Rensvold, 19, was playing in a softball tournament in Belgrade, Mont., last August while she …
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by Sarah Anne Lloyd interestingfacts.com The iconic American mall emerged in the 1950s as a “third place” — a social environment separate from home and work — for the growing suburbs. Typically anchored by a department store, malls offered shoppers a chance to reach multiple places on foot, at least once they parked …
by Melissa Hogenboom BBC Fat has been demonized for years. Diet culture tells us to burn it, food companies market low-fat products, and weightlifting forums share tips on how to reach as little body fat as possible. You only need to spend a moment scrolling through social media and you’ll soon find …
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by Dictionary Scoop Language preserves history in unexpected places. Many job titles that seem ordinary today began with entirely different meanings. Although the work behind these titles has changed dramatically over the centuries, the words themselves continue to carry traces of the past wherever they are used. 1-Secretary Today, a secretary is …
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by Kevin Burton There is a God-shaped vacuum inside each person’s heart, said the French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and writer. Blaise Pascal. Try to fill that vacuum with something, anything other than God, and life will suck. If that seems false to you in the moment, it will prove true in the …
