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Virginia Beach Is the Birthplace of East Coast Surfing—It’s Getting the First ‘Wavegarden’ in the U.S.

Virginia Beach is set to open a new surf lagoon powered by Wavegarden wave-generation technology this summer. The surf park…

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This Caribbean Island Is the Birthplace of Reggae and Jerk Cooking

Top 5 Can’t Miss For over 70 years, Half Moon has been one of the most iconic resorts in the…

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Why Manchester prides itself as working-class birthplace : NPR

British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre,…

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Japan’s Izu Peninsula Is Considered the Birthplace of Wasabi

The scent of wasabi wafted faintly in the air as I walked by terraces filled with the distinctive plants in…

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Pontremoli Is One of Italy’s Best-kept Secrets — and It’s the Birthplace of the ‘Earliest Recorded Pasta’

We have mixed feelings writing about Pontremoli, the city our family has called home for 250 years. We are torn…

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Science

Study points to South America — not Mexico — as birthplace of Irish potato famine pathogen

Call it a mystery solved. North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains…

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Food & Drink

Taste Japan’s Gift of the Gods in Sake’s Birthplace

Last December, when the traditional knowledge and techniques of making Japanese sake with kōji mold were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage…

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