This proverb comes from the ancient Romans, who believed the apple had magical powers to cure illness. In fact, apples are filled with vitamin C, protein, pectin, natural sugars, copper, and iron. They do promote health.
A rare first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll raised $1.5m at auction in New York, making this the most valuable children's book ever sold. The book was Carroll's own working copy that he used to prepare the text for a simplified version for younger children. Only 22 copies of the 1865 first edition are known to exist today, 17 of which are in libraries and just five, including the copy just sold, are in private hands.
There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
January: named after Janus, the god of doors and gates February: named after Februalia, a time period when sacrifices were made to atone for sins March: named after Mars, the god of war April: from aperire, Latin for “to open” (buds) May: named after Maia, the goddess of growth of plants June: from junius, Latin for the goddess Juno July: named after Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. August: named after Augustus Caesar in 8 B.C. September: from septem, Latin for “seven” October: from octo, Latin for “eight” November: from novem, Latin for “nine” December: from decem, Latin for “ten”
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“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
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The book "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh was banned because it taught children to lie, spy, talk back, and curse.
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A rare first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll raised $1.5m at auction in New York, making this the most valuable children's book ever sold. The book was Carroll's own working copy that he used to prepare the text for a simplified version for younger children. Only 22 copies of the 1865 first edition are known to exist today, 17 of which are in libraries and just five, including the copy just sold, are in private hands.
ReplyDeleteThere are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
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January: named after Janus, the god of doors and gates
ReplyDeleteFebruary: named after Februalia, a time period when sacrifices were made to atone for sins
March: named after Mars, the god of war
April: from aperire, Latin for “to open” (buds)
May: named after Maia, the goddess of growth of plants
June: from junius, Latin for the goddess Juno
July: named after Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
August: named after Augustus Caesar in 8 B.C.
September: from septem, Latin for “seven”
October: from octo, Latin for “eight”
November: from novem, Latin for “nine”
December: from decem, Latin for “ten”
Read more: The Names of the Months — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002067.html#ixzz2AuMNIGiX
Even though it is never featured on any best-selling list, the Bible still is the world’s best selling book.
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