Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Crop Circles |
| Crop circles are large, usually intricate, patterns caused by the flattening of crops such as barley, corn, rapeseed, or wheat. Although some crop circle researchers claim that there were reported crop circles as early as 815 A.D., there are few details prior to the 1970s. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Accidental Discoveries: The True Stories Behind Five of Our Favorite Products |
| Not all of the world's most brilliant innovations were intentional. In many cases, an accident or mistake led to some creative thinking, which eventually became a new, hot product. Such is the case with these products. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| The Libertarian Actor: Clint Eastwood |
| The tall, lean and laconic ‘Man with No Name’ remains mostly famous for his spaghetti Westerns and ‘Dirty Harry’ movies. In recent years, however, he has become a highly acclaimed director. |
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| Legacies of Plague |
| The Black Death in the Middle ages has left behind a few legacies. Quarantine is derived from the Italian word “quaranti”, meaning “forty”. This came about after Venice decided to fight against the contamination of plague by requiring trading ships to wait a period of forty days. |
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