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• Venus was the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Myths claimed she could also provide military victory and prosperity.

• The ancient Greek statue, the Venus de Milo, was discovered in 1820 by a peasant. The marble sculpture was buried in the ruins of the ancient city of Milos on the Greek island of Milos.

It was found in two large pieces – the upper torso and the lower draped legs – along with a few fragments of the upper left arm and hand holding an apple.

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8 in. high and is believed to have been created around 100 BC. In 1821, the statue arrived in France and presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre Museum, where it is still found today. It was removed from the Louvre in 1939, as war threatened Europe, and stored temporarily in the Chateau de Valencay, a mansion in the French Loire Valley.

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• Uranus, also known as Ouranos, was the god of the sky in mythology. According to Greek literature, he was called Father Sky, and was the son of Gaia, Mother Earth. Uranus was the father of Saturn, who was the father of Jupiter, who was the father of Mars.

• Jupiter was the chief Roman god, god of light, sky, and weather, as well as laws.

His Greek equivalent was Zeus.

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PLANET NAMES (continued): • Neptune, the Roman god of water, is pictured as a tall, white-bearded man, carrying a three-pronged fisherman’s spear known as a trident. Because he traveled over the sea in a horse-drawn chariot, he was also believed to be in charge of the sport of horse-racing. His Greek counterpart is the god Poseidon. Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, who reigned over the heavenly realms, the earthly world, and the underworld.

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• Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture, taking his name from the word satu, meaning “sowing.” He was also god of the harvest, and the Roman festival Saturnalia was celebrated at harvest.

Saturday is also named after this god.

• Saturn vehicles were a subsidiary of General Motors, founded as a private employee-owned company, and marketed as a “different kind of car company.” The first Saturn drove off the assembly line in Spring Hill, Tennessee in 1990, and vehicles were manufactured until 2009.

• The dwarf planet Pluto was named after the god of the underworld following a contest was held in 1930. An 11-yearold British schoolgirl, who loved classical mythology, suggested the name Pluto.

• Walt Disney presented Pluto the Pup in the 1930 Mickey Mouse film “The Chain Gang.” Although all of Disney’s main characters – Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto – are all animals, the yellow-orange dog is the only one not dressed as a human.

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• Dandelions are members of the same family as asters, daisies, and sunflowers.

With about 100 species known to exist, they’re found on every continent and used as food almost since the beginning of time!

The name of this bright yellow flowering plant comes from the French “dent de lion,” which translates “lion’s tooth,” because of the toothed leaves of the plant. Its folk names include swine snort, bitterwort, Irish daisy, Priest’s Crown, and cankerwort.

• Each of the bright yellow petals of the dandelion is actually an individual flower that will produce a fruit. When the flowers turn into the familiar puff ball, these fruits (called achenes) will be dispersed by the wind and re-seed. A seed can travel 5 miles before it finally reaches the ground.

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• Scurvy is an extreme lack of Vitamin C in the diet. It takes at least a month of little to none before the symptoms begin. It was documented as a disease by Hippocrates, and described as early as 1550 BC. A 1753 publication by a Scottish Royal Navy surgeon was the first evidence of the proof that scurvy could be treated with citrus fruit. The disease was rampant among early sailors on lengthy voyages since fruits and vegetables could not be kept fresh for very long.

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Those who take Vitamin C supplements on a regular basis, not just when they feel a cold coming on, may see about a one-day reduction in the cold’s duration.

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