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Valentine's Day celebrated on February 14 was originally a celebration of an early Christian martyr named Valentinus; however over the years it has become a commercialized holiday centered around romance and gifts such as flowers cards and chocolates.

day 14th however flowers cards

E. B. White is probably best known for the 1952 children's book Charlotte's Web; however he was also a well-known essayist.

however

Yes the band James is probably best known for the hit song "Sit Down"; however it has a large number of excellent songs from albums such as Seven (1992) Millionaires (1999) and La Petite Morte (2014).

however seven (1992) millonaires(1999) Yes

Streaming services such as Hulu Netflix Amazon Prime and HBO Now changed the way people watch television didn't they?

hulu Netflix amazon prime television

Even though many of Sigmund Freud's theories have been discredited, his research and writing continue to influence our understanding of many topics in psychology, including human development personality abnormal psychology and clinical psychology.

human development, personality, abnormal psychology,

The British pop band James loved by fans internationally hails from Manchester England.

james internationally Manchester

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, a series of novels depicting a Midwestern American family in the late 1800s, has won over readers young and old for nearly a century and served as the inspiration for a long-running television series.

no error

Cam Newton attracted major attention as the first NFL rookie who threw for four hundred yards in a regular-season opener.

no errors

Quarterback Russell Wilson led the National Football League with a passer rating of 110.1 in late 2015.

no errors

The first quarterback in NFL history who led a team to ten division titles was Tom Brady.

no errors

As a young man, Ralph Ellison was advised to read great authors—for example, Joseph Conrad and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

no erros

Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows the worst and the best qualities of American society explores Huck's moral struggle over helping Jim to escape and introduces Americans to a new, colloquial way of writing.

society esacpe

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest make up a popular series of novels by Stieg Larsson.

tattoo fire

Though a prolific writer Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin published March 20 1852.

writer cabin 20

"A Scandal in Bohemia" "The Red-Headed League" and "A Case of Identity" are the first Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Bohemia league

Quarterback Tom Brady has called Joe Montana who quarterbacked for the 49ers in the 1980s and 1990s inspiring.

Montana 1990s

October 11 2006 was an important date in Tina Fey's life: the pilot on NBC for the situation comedy 30 Rock.

11 2006

Tina Fey was born on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

18 1970 Darby

As of December 25 2015 the top three tech gifts of the holidays were the toy BB-8 droid from Star Wars a hoverboard and the new smartwatch from Apple.

25 2015 wars hoverboard

The title of the show 30 Rock of course is the nickname for the General Electric (GE) Building, home to NBC Studios in New York City. NBC's complete address is 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 10112.

30 Rock, of course Rockefeller Plaza, New York,

The characters and plot lines of 30 Rock as most of the show's fans know grew out of Tina Fey's experiences at Saturday Night Live.

30 rock know

Facebook was launched on February 4 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and some of his classmates at Harvard.

4 2004

"The Great Carbuncle" "Roger Malvin's Burial" and "The Celestial Railroad" are three of Nathaniel Hawthorne's more obscure short stories.

Caruncle burial

Just two years after La Petite Morte (2014), the band James was poised to release its fourteenth studio album Girl at the End of the World on March 18 2016.

La Petite Morte (2014 album world 18

J. R. R. Tolkien earned a degree in the study of English language and literature worked on the Oxford English Dictionary and became a professor at Oxford University before he wrote The Hobbit.

Literature Dictionary

Long complicated and engrossing are three words that some readers say describe the Harry Potter novels.

Long complicated

Which of the following titles was published first: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

Prince Hallows Fire

Quarterback Tim Tebow who went from the University of Florida to the National Football League attracted attention for praying on the football field.

Tebow league

Quarterback Cam Newton became the third player in NFL history to accomplish all of the following in the same year: win a national championship, be the first pick in the NFL draft, and receive the Heisman Trophy which goes to the best college football player.

Trophy

The Indian Removal Act the Compromise of 1850 and the Mexican-American War represent three dark moments in America's history.

act 1850

The first trilogy by Jane Yolen consists of Dragon's Blood Heart's Blood and A Sending of Dragons.

blood blood

Paula Fox's novel The Slave Dancer conveys the horrors of capturing transporting and selling Africans as slaves.

capturing transporting

Fans of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novels can learn more about her by visiting the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, located at 77 Forest Street Hartford Connecticut.

center Street, Hartford

In 2015, Chrome Safari and Explorer were three of the most popular internet browsers; nevertheless each has its own weaknesses quirks and bugs.

chrome safari nevertheless weaknesses quirks

The line "Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus" from a famous editorial written in 1897 sometimes serves today as a template for a statement thought to be emphatically true; for example, a climate change activist might replace a Santa Claus with global warming to indicate a strong belief that global warming exists.

example yes virgina claus 1897

The American flag which is made up of thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars has a variety of nicknames which include "Old Glory" and "the Star-Spangled Banner."

flag stars nicknames

Drew Brees was the first quarterback in NFL history to throw more than four hundred yards passing in three consecutive postseason games which he played in 2010 and 2011.

games

On the topic of her resemblance to politician Sarah Palin, Tina Fey remarked "I was resistant to acknowledge there was a resemblance. But my kid saw her and said 'That's Mommy,' so I thought 'Oh great.'"

remarked said thought oh

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy is made up of The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

ring towers

Big Stick refers to the foreign policy of former US President Theodore Roosevelt; he once said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" by which he meant that the United States should peacefully negotiate policy while making it clear that the government was backed by a strong military.

said stick

A popular meme quotes Abraham Lincoln as saying "Don't believe everything you read on the internet"; however it seems highly unlikely that Abraham Lincoln said these words doesn't it?

saying however words


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