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Moonshine is the Sun’s reflection off the Moon. It arrives on Earth in little more than a second after leaving the Moon. “The Man in the Moon” is the name for the dark shadow of craters and lowlands that appear to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere as a face. In the Southern Hemisphere, however, the Moon appears upside down and appears to people to look like an old woman with a bundle of twigs....

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–U.S. Department of State When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course....

Two-night minimum stay required during holidays. Children are welcome. No minimum stay required. Children over 6 are welcome. Children of any age are permitted if the entire B&B is rented by one group. The name says it all. This B&B is located in downtown San Antonio, just minutes from the horseshoe tourist district section of the River Walk. The Alamo, Rivercenter mall, Market Square, La Villita, and over sixty-five restaurants are all just five to ten minutes away....

Room to Resonate What if you plucked a violin string with one finger and then stuck another finger in the way of the vibrating string? The note you’d hear would be cut short. This is basically why we need multiple dimensions if string theory is going to prevail. The way strings vibrate determine what type of particle it is. But what physicists also discovered is that that the strings needed more space than just our three dimensions to express all their vibrational patterns....

Thanksgiving Presidential Turkey PardonThe turkey that lives to see another day Thanksgiving HistoryFrom fall feast to national holiday Thanksgiving by the NumbersFrom the U.S. Census Bureau Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day ProclamationThe official proclamation delivered in October 1863 History of Black FridayHow the day after Thanksgiving became the busiest shopping day of the year All About Turkeys Slideshow: Turkey TraditionFind images and information about turkey tradition, including roast turkey, marinating the turkey brining the turkey, and more....

Most of the Midwest is flat. The Mississippi River has acted as a regional lifeline, moving settlers to new homes and foodstuffs to market. The river inspired two classic American books, both written by a native Missourian, Samuel Clemens, who took the pseudonym Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Midwesterners are praised as being open, friendly, and straightforward. Their politics tend to be cautious, but the caution is sometimes peppered with protest....

Adults usually have 32 teeth: eight incisors, four canines, eight bicuspids, eight molars and four wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth sometimes don’t appear until age 25, and in some cases, they never erupt through the gums. Parts of a tooth

In China and Hong Kong, cats are thought to bring good luck and are kept in shops as well as homes. The Japanese keep birds and crickets as pets. In Arab countries, dogs are considered unclean. Contact with a dog must be followed by a ritual washing. The Italians also have little use for dogs but find cats charming and companionable. Thousands of stray cats live in the Forum, the Colosseum, and other historic landmarks in Rome....

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