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The Law in Longyearbyen, Norway: No Dying Allowed!
In the frozen Svalbard archipelago, far north of the Norwegian mainland, temperatures rarely drop below freezing. This became a problem during the influenza pandemic of 1917-1920 because the victims’...
View ArticleShakespeare Teaches the Hokey Pokey
“Verily,” I say, “’tis what it’s all about” and I’m not just quoting that from the last line, the hokey pokey really is what it is all about and in the verse of the Great Bard, nothing could be...
View ArticleThe Ambiguous Origins of the Hokey Pokey
“You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out, You put your right foot in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey, And you turn it all around, That’s what it’s all about…” No...
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