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In Japan,
snowball fighting
is an official sport called
yukigassen. A type of
flower
from China
and Nepal
blooms
in winter.
Light can pass through
ice crystalsinfrigid air
in a way that creates
glowing spots
around the sun.
The green darner
dragonfly can travel
up to 60 miles a day
as it flies south
to reach warmer
climates before winter.
During
hibernation,
a black bear’s heart
candropfrom50 beatsa minute
to just8 beatsa minute.
A lemming’s front
clawsgrow larger
in winter to help it
tunnelthrough
snow.
Winter on
Saturn
can last for
seven
years.
People
have been
building
snowmen
since at least the
14th century.
Winter waves
offCape Peninsula,
South Africa,canswell to 25 feet,
attractingdaredevilsurfers.
Over11 million cubic feet (^)
of snow and ice
is used to construct
sculpturesat an
annual
festivalin
Harbin,
China.
According to
folklore,seeingmore
spidersthan usual in
your house is asign of
aharsh winter
to come.
Some caves on Wisconsin’s
Apostle Islands contain
30-foot-long icicles.
After a stoat—a type of weasel—
grows its white winter coat,
it’s called an^ ermine.
Yo u’re more likely
to geta shockfrom
static
electricity
inwinterthan
insummer.
Ninety percent
ofcandy canes
in theUnited Statesaresold
betweenThanksgivingandChristmas.
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22 NOVEMBER 2017
BY ANDREA SILEN