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In Iran families celebrate Yalda, a Persian festival to mark the winter solstice, by sharing pomegranates, nuts, and other special foods.

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William Shakespeare, the revered English playwright, wrote plays more than four hundred years ago that, even now, continue to influence people around the world.

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Though hugely popular today, Madame Butterfly, the Italian opera composed by Giacomo Puccini, was poorly received at its premiere in 1904.

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In the winter, surfers from around the world try their luck at Mavericks, a destination surfing spot in Northern California.

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The red-crested cardinal, a species native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, sometimes ventures to the eastern coast of the United States.

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Ethan's sister, Zoe, loves to shop for vintage dresses at thrift stores and consignment shops and often finds incredible bargains.

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Approximately ten to fifteen percent of adults suffer from insomnia, a disorder that causes sleeplessness.

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While falling asleep, some people experience hypnic jerks, involuntary twitches of the body. Experts say they're normal, but the cause is unknown.

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Discovered in 1930, Pluto was once considered a planet, but in 2006, it was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Its largest moon, Charon, is nearly the same size as Pluto itself.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a prolific composer, composed twenty-seven piano concertos and more than forty symphonies during his lifetime.

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The domestic goldfish, one of the most popular household pets, can live more than ten years if properly cared for.

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Gabriel García Márquez, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature, is known for his use of magical realism, especially in his most famous novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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The sleep cycle consists of five distinct stages, beginning with light sleep, known as Stage 1. Dreams occur during Stage 5 sleep, the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage.

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In 1963, Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, performed at the historic March on Washington. Shew as a friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, and she famously prompted him to tell the crowd about his dream.

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Emma Watson, the actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, auditioned for the role eight times before she landed it.

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The venom of the brown recluse spider, one of the most dangerous spiders in the United States, will destroy the walls of the blood vessels surrounding the bite.

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Water hemlock, a wildflower in the carrot family, is sometimes confused with celery or parsnips. However, the roots of this plant are especially poisonous and can be fatal to those who eat them.

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The Sydney Opera House, Sydney's best-known landmark, is famous for its distinctive roof composed of shell-like structures.

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The second-place finisher in the Allenville Half Marathon last weekend was Mr. Alvarado, one of our neighbors.

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In response to the Great Depression, a severe economic collapse in the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted New Deal programs to provide relief for unemployed workers, spur economic recovery, and institute reforms to head off future disasters.

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The American delegation to the 1915 International Congress of Women included social activist Jane Addams. Addams, famous for her work with immigrants at Chicago's Hull House, was also well known for her work on women's rights.

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Many of Ferruccio Lamborghini's sports cars have had names related to bullfighting. The Miura, for example, was named for Don Eduardo Miura, a bull breeder.

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In 60 A.D., the Celtic ruler Boudica, rallied the Celts against the Romans, organizing an army of twenty thousand while the Roman provincial governor of Britain was away.

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Siberian tigers, which are the largest members of the cat family, can weigh up to 675 pounds. Sumatran tigers, the smallest tiger subspecies, weigh only 200–300 pounds.