Finding Main Ideas (Series A)

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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield, MA, as an indoor sport to engage students during winter. It involved running and teamwork without physical contact.

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The origin of basketball

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A New York Sun hoax in the 1830s fooled the public with false moon discoveries, boosting sales dramatically.

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A hoax and its effect

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In the 1830s, The New York Sun published a hoax about moon discoveries, boosting its sales dramatically.

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The Sun increased sales when it tricked the public with a false story.

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Most of the Earth's ice is in Antarctica.

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Most of the Earth’s ice is found in Antarctica.

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Most of Earth's ice (90%) is in Antarctica, where it rarely snows. The snow that falls accumulates, creating ice over millions of years, reaching thicknesses over two miles.

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Ice on The Earth

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The subject of the second paragraph is...

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An example of one of the types of primitive art

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Primitive art describes early art styles and artists with little training. Grandma Moses, who began painting at 76 after a life on a farm, exemplifies this type of artist.

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Grandma Moses is a type of primitive artist due to her lack of formal training.

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The hot and humid weather in the U.S. during July and August is called ‘dog days’ of summer, named after Sirius, the Dog Star, which rises with the Sun, believed to add heat.

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Why the hot summer days are known as the ‘dog days’.

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The 'dog days' of summer in the U.S. are named after Sirius, the Dog Star, which rises with the Sun in July and August, believed to add heat to summer.

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The name for the summer days came from Sirius, the Dog star.

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Jan Dibbets' work merges abstraction and minimalism, creating a new art form through architectural photography and circular designs resembling gothic and baroque ceilings.

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New form of art created by Jan Dibbets