According to the old Icelandic calendar’s reckoning, the first Thursday after 18 April marks the first day of the month of Harpa, Sumardagurinn fyrsti, a public holiday—the beginning of the Nรกttleysi (nightless) time. Meteorological projections for this season happen to align with folk beliefs that project that summer will be a mild one should there not be a freeze on the night before.
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Via Waxy , we found this meta-analysis from the Pudding of gendered characters in children’s literature to be quite engrossing and seeing t... -
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Since its adoption in July of 1954, the Johnson Amendment as a provision in the US tax code has prohibited non-profit organisations, cha... -
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