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by Nicole Garner Meeker interestingfacts.com If seeing the northern lights is on your bucket list, you’re not alone. Catching a glimpse of what some call “nature’s fireworks” is an increasingly popular tourist attraction, one that beckons travelers northward toward the Arctic Circle. Gracing the sky in streaks of green, red, and occasionally purple or …
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by Dictionary Scoop It’s not always possible to attribute the origin of a word to a particular person. However, it is believed that William Shakespeare contributed more than 1,700 terms and expressions to the English language, many of which we still use today. The way Shakespeare invented, reused, and modified words is a living testament …
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by Melanie Davis-McAfee interrestingfacts.com Most of us are familiar with common color-themed turns of phrase, such as “feeling blue” when we’re sad, “seeing red” when we’re angry, or “being green” with envy. Phrases such as these can be traced back to a scientifically substantiated phenomenon known as color psychology, a practice that has …
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