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‘April showers’ – a rainfall scientist explains what they are and why they are becoming more intense
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoBrian A Jackson / shutterstock “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”, goes the old...
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoValentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to...
Speak Cockney Day: the Cockney rhyming slang you need to know
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to...
Valentine's Day history: From pagan origins to endless promotions, with a little love
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoValentine's Day heralds the midpoint of February when couples will exchange flowers and chocolates,...
The Historical Reason We Call Pig Meat 'Pork'
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 5 months agochef cutting pork - Image Source/Getty Images If you've ever wondered why we call pig meat "pork" instead of, well, "pig meat," there's a historical...
A $69,000 First Edition ‘Harry Potter’ Book and 10 Other Novels on Your Bookshelf Worth A Lot of...
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance Canada· 7 months agoNormally a book must date back at least to the middle of last century to be worth tens of thousands...
Chaucer Here and Now: The Canterbury Tales author as you've never seen him before
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn an early edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works, the editor Thomas Speght included the 14th-century...
Michael Alexander, poet and broadcaster whose Anglo-Saxon translations were used in Kenneth Clark’s...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoMichael Alexander, who has died aged 82, was a translator, poet, academic and broadcaster whose...
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? The origins of the superstition
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoPrepare to spend the day avoiding mirrors, ladders, and walking over drains because the unluckiest...
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden’s message to rail unions: ‘Don’t take us for fools’
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoBritain’s Deputy Prime Minister on Friday told rail workers set to inflict more strike misery on...
