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10 Festive Facts About Christmas Trees

 

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Does Blowing on Hot Food Really Cool It Down?

 

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There are technically only four (not five) Great Lakes.


 

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Humans can tell when someone is watching them.

 

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A town in Maine built a 122-foot-tall snowperson.

 

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In line with the winter theme, here's a photo of a 40-foot lobster trap, Christmas tree (Gloucester, MA). There are other fishing towns in states on the New England seacoast, that also follow this holiday tradition.

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And here's a lobster trap Christmas tree from Rockland, Maine -- 39 feet tall.


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staying with the season

Eggnog is a descendant of the medieval British drink posset.

 

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6 Real Towns Where Hallmark Christmas Movies Were Filmed

 

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Poinsettias were originally cultivated by the Aztecs.

 

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Every planet has a winter solstice.

 

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When Marco Polo saw a rhinoceros, he thought it was a unicorn.

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In 1292, the Italian explorer Marco Polo encountered a rhinoceros on Sumatra and thought it was a unicorn
 

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The Origins of 4 Favorite Holiday Treats

 

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The Origins of 4 Favorite Holiday Treats

Hey @trr1 this is again my end or year Thank You for doing this post. You dig up some great stuff and I am a bit off a trivia bug. Maybe 1 or 2 a week of yours I know already. Thanks for it.
 

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It’s illegal to play the lotto in five U.S. states.

 

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The first ball drops were designed for ship captains, not New Year’s Eve.

 

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