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01/12/2023

Since it began in 1971, the Ukulele Festival Hawaii has attracted approximately 20,000 people each year. And it's not just Hawaiians who participate—ukulele artists from around the world attend and

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01/12/2023

Want to do a lap around the world's longest lazy river? You'll need to set aside approximately an hour. That's how long it takes to comple

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01/12/2023

You may have made a snow angel during the winter, but have you ever made a sand angel during the summer? On June 10, 2017, 1,387 people did just that on Stearns public beach on Lake Michigan, setting a world record for t

01/12/2023

If you want to relive the fun of sleepaway camp as an adult—or if you missed out in your younger years—you totally can! For less than $500, you can attend the weeklong New England Adult Music Camp.

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01/12/2023

If you don't mind spending a lot of time in the car, you could feasibly visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums in one 30-day road trip. To help people plan their trips, Harvard analyst Ben Blatt created an algorithm that takes teams' schedules into account to find the shortest possibl

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01/12/2023

Spotting fireflies is one of the highlights of summer. If you happen to be in the Southern Appalachians, you might be able to catch a glimpse of a ghost firefly—and you'll know it if you see it because it will glow a un

01/12/2023

These days, you can buy a pool float shaped like pretty much anything. The water toys aren't just for kids anymore; they come in a range of shapes, from lobsters and ducks to avocados and pizza. Howeve

01/12/2023

While the summer 2020 blockbuster season disappeared thanks to COVID, audiences were breaking records up until that point. The total summer box office take of 2019 was $4.8 billion, an 11 percent increase f

01/12/2023

If an icy popsicle is your summer treat of choice, you have an 11-year-old boy to thank. According to NPR, the snacks were invented by accident, courtesy of young Frank Epperson of San Francisco in 1905. As the story goes, Epp

01/12/2023

You might appreciate our warm and sunny weather a little more when you find out that two centuries ago, there was a "year without summer," according to USA Today.

In 1816, after a massive volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia produced enough dust, ash, and sulfur dioxide to partially cloud the Earth's atmosphere, the entire planet experienced a drop in temperature as w