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Now, if to be an April-fool
Is to delight in the song of the thrush,
To long for the swallow in air’s blue hollow,
And the nightingale’s riotous music-gush
.

–Mortimer Collins (1827–76) 

Friday, April 5, 2019
95th day of the year
Summer begins in 77 days

Evelyn Hart (ballerina) was born on this day in 1956.
Charlton Heston (actor) died on this day in 2008.


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Is there a region on Earth where the length of the days and the nights remains almost constant throughout the year? Answer

 
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