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Eros (the Greek counterpart of the Roman Cupid) is well known as the boyish cherubic figure depicted in all forms of art.

Military flags have a long and honorable history. They were traditionally used by the army and navy to distinguish friendly troops from enemy forces, and the emblem of each service was attached to

A history of fruiting and flowering cherry trees.

Before the vacuum cleaner the simple task of cleaning floors was not so simple. Area rugs would need to be taken outside, hung from posts and beaten by a large wooden beating stick. Floors were swept and the the debris was picked of by hand and then discarded. Today when we vacuum our floors and carpets it usually takes about ten minutes, but before 1880 cleaning carpets and floors was an all day task.

Christmas brings with it a number of customs and rituals. Origin of these customs hail from all over the world.

Far back in the history of mankind, in 1508, Leonardo da Vinci described and drew the sketch to express his idea of a contact lens. But it was in 1827 that Sir John Hershel, an English astronomer astounded the world with his idea of making a mold of a human eye so that a lens could be made to fit perfectly. Sixty years later in 1887. F.A. Muller, a German glassblower used these ideas to create the world?s first known contact lens.

Headlines of insurance's origins

In 1967, the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) formed a Committee on Emergency Medical Services. The following year, Governor Buford Ellington convened an advisory committee to survey ambulance services and medical facilities. This survey formed the basis of a state plan for an EMS program.

From a technical standpoint the Vernal Equinox is an astronomical event, it?s one of the four quadrature days of the Earth?s orbit. However for people both modern and ancient, the Vernal Equinox marked the transition from winter into spring. The Vernal Equinox occurs on March 20th or 21st and is one of two days during the year when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, the other day is the Autumnal Equinox. People have been marking and celebrating the V...

Picking the right Halloween costume for you!