All posts tagged "diet"
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11.9KConnecticutCalorie Counting Gets Its Start in Connecticut
For most of human history food was something you found or grew and then gladly ate to stay alive. There was little...
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11.4KMassachusettsSeven Fun Continental Army Facts
Certain Continental Army facts are implanted in the minds of U.S. schoolchildren at a young age: How patriot farmers dropped their plows...
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20.5K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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13.6K3ConnecticutHow the Puritans Raised New England Living Standards to the World’s Highest
New England living standards were higher than anyplace else in the world during much of the 17th and 18th centuries. By 1700,...
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8.3K1Arts and LeisureFrom Soups to Nuts – Ten Eponymous New England Classic Foods
What could be a better guarantee that your name will never be forgotten than having a food named after you? Here, in...
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16.6K1ConnecticutThe Antis: Women Who Fought Against the Vote
In the late 19th century, women known as antis began to organize against women who wanted the right to vote. The antis...
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