Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
Faith & Spirituality |
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| In the Nature of Angels |
| Nearly eighty percent of Americans profess to be Christians, according to a poll conducted in 2012. Approximately two percent of the population identified themselves as religious Jews, and just under one percent were Muslim. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| The World’s First Ice Cream Cone |
| Who ever says that the U.S. isn’t a place famous for introducing any type of food to the world never heard of the ice cream cone. Anyone who attended the World’s Fair in St. Louis Missouri in 1904 witnessed something historical … if they sampled an ice cream cone. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Facts about Gold |
| Gold may have been the first metal to be used by humans, probably in ceremony and for decoration. The Latin word for gold, aurum means “shining dawn.” An Egyptian king from 2600 bce described gold as “common as dust.” |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Never Another Katrina: How Hurricanes are Named |
| The official naming of hurricanes started in 1953, when the US National Hurricane Centre created lists of women’s names with which to tag the fierce storms that raged over the Atlantic. |
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