Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| South Carolina: The First American Home of the Poinsettia |
| The poinsettia is a beautiful red flower that is given most around the holidays, especially Christmas. The poinsettia has a long history, but one of the most interesting points of history is how the poinsettia made its way to America finding its first home in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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| Mayan Chocolateers and Other Chocolate Facts |
| Chocolate could well be called the food of gods and kings. Early Mayan writings record pictures of gods with cacao pods and bowls of cacao beans. Elite members of upper Mayan society had ornately carved vessels depicting these same cacao pods. |
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| Fascinating Facts about Hawaii’s Mauna Loa |
| Mauna Loa is the Earth’s largest volcano rising more than thirteen thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean. A fascinating natural wonder, Hawaii’s volcano covers about half the island of Hawaii and is visited by thousands of people each year. |
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| The Fairy Islands |
| Fairy Islands are magical places of mythological origin. Spring and happiness bloom eternally on these islands providing a wonderful and enchanted land in which to live. Sickness, old age, and unhappiness are unheard of by all who live here. |
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