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Monday, December 21, 2009

Science of the Winter Solstice

by Bill Petro on December 21, 2009 · 2 comments

in History, Holidays, Science

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As we’ve mentioned before, the Romans celebrated a holiday known as the Saturnalia beginning on the Winter Solstice. The word Solstice comes from the Latin “solstitium” meaning “Sun, standing-still.” This year it will occur [...]

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