Tag: history
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Carolus Linnaeus: Names, Flowers, and Bananas
Did you know that the forbidden fruit in the Biblical Garden of Paradise, that tempted Adam and Eve, was once thought to be a banana instead of an apple? That’s […]
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The Lur and Prillar Guri: Dr. Joan Paddock
The lur is one of the great folk instruments of Scandinavia and was traditionally used by women at mountain farms, or sæters, in the summertime to gather the herds of […]
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A Coat Dyed Black and the Norwegian Resistance – Don ”Jerry” Pugnetti Jr.
Don “Jerry” Pugnetti Jr, a long-time journalist, has written a fictional account of a Norwegian man and his compatriots who join the Norwegian Resistance during World War II. Jerry based […]