Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Aspirin Trivia |
| We all take Aspirin pretty much for granted, but did you know that before Aspirin was available, people used willow bark! They didn’t understand how or why it worked, but chewing on a section of bark did in fact relieve pain. It was even suggested that it should be used during childbirth. |
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| Christianity |
| In the early days of Christianity, it is unlikely that those outside the faith understood what it was to be a Christian. As far as the Romans were concerned, Christians were Jews and Christianity was just another Jewish sect. In some ways, this may have worked to the advantage of Christians. |
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| Revrepfigits |
| If you separate each of the digits of the number 8166 and form a sequence by summing them in a Fibonacci-like fashion thus: 8 + 1 + 6 + 6 = 21, 1 + 6 + 6 + 21 = 34, 6 + 6 + 21 + 34 = 67, …, after 14 terms you will see the reversal of 8166 appear. Here is the full sequence: 8, 1, 6, 6, 21, 34, 67. |
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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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