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I know that the sunflower has a special place in both mythology and history so I was curious to see what the search results would display when searching for those 2 words“sunflower, history” together. The results were surprising and revealing. I wasn’t expecting to see David Duchovny. My son was a fan of the TV series “X-Files”. I only watched it every now and then, so I didn’t understand the reference to sunflower seeds at all. If you want to understand it, there’s an interesting article in the Entertainment Weekly Magazine: ‘TheX-Files’ – 1993-2002. Frankly, even after reading the article, I still didn’t get it. (O.o) LOL. There were lots of results to choose from. The tweets below are the ones I kind of understand or at least, understood the references. Any Grateful Dead fans out there? What do you know about the Sunflower Movement? I know that Florida is the Sunshine State. But I never knew Kansas was the Sunflower State. That fact was never mentioned in “The Wizard of Oz”. But I know now!
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Today in Geek History: Happy birthday, @DavidDuchovny aka Mulder! Time to celebrate & snack on some sunflower seeds. pic.twitter.com/9Z7UOaFOlv
— ThinkGeek (@thinkgeek) August 7, 2014
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A little history fact about sunflower seeds (-: #mayvers #purestate #sunflowers #seeds #history pic.twitter.com/BY8LODUDSW
— Mayver's (@MayversProducts) November 12, 2013
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Announcing the Daybreak Project! The Daybreak Project is an English language interactive encyclopedia and oral history archive of the 2014 Sunflower Movement compiled by New Bloom Magazine in the past year.
Link: https://t.co/1MZdaiMc4T pic.twitter.com/1JdE7B6sf9
— New Bloom Magazine (@newbloommag) March 12, 2018
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The yellow sky in the harbor painting was cadmium yellow–the same color as that used in the Sunflower still-life. Cadmium yellow was a more recently invented hue and Van Gogh would have been deprived of its brilliance and intensity had he lived at any other time in history. pic.twitter.com/tPO56iP1fW
— Untold Van Gogh (@willemish) August 27, 2019
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NEW PODCAST “Origin of the sunflower family” with @JenniferMandel of the @uofmemphis. Stream now to hear about the evolutionary history of the #sunflower family: https://t.co/qNRf5Fz8xu #ScienceSessions pic.twitter.com/Kw0IGXTmF0
— PNAS (@PNASNews) August 13, 2019
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The Holy Letter of Grateful Dead History from New Mexico resident Robert Hunter to Jerry Garcia in 1967. Contents: The lyrics of Alligator, China Cat Sunflower, and St. Stephen. #gratefuldead pic.twitter.com/55YqKIk2bz
— Howard Weiner (@HowardWeiner11) September 27, 2019
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Today is the fifth anniversary of the start of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement. Taiwanese politics and Cross-Strait relations today cannot be understood without knowing this critical part of Taiwan's contemporary history. For all "greater China" scholars, I strongly recommend: pic.twitter.com/KCNXa1LRJj
— Lev Nachman (@lnachman32) March 18, 2019
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Rune was born in 1932 and got his start working with Nakahara Jun'ichi, another one of the major figures in shojo history. Together, they helped to start Himawari (Sunflower, 1947-1952) one of the first postwar magazines for young girls. pic.twitter.com/35q46ffeS8
— ✨ (@animaltextures) December 10, 2019
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Today, for Disability History Month, EDIW officially launches the University ?SUNFLOWER BADGES? for all Staff, Students, Visitors and Partners who have non-visible disabilities. Join us in the atrium at 1pm. @SarahBarleyMc @joannebishton @DerbyUni @DerbyUnion @DerbyUniVC pic.twitter.com/AOwb5gO7Y5
— EDIW at University of Derby (@EDIWDerbyUni) November 25, 2019
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"#SophiaLoren, 36, from her #movie #Sunflower" #history #pics #photography pic.twitter.com/XPwzo99Tmw
— Rebecca Rocki (@RebeccaRocki) February 20, 2017
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Did you know #NewYorkFries are cooked in Sunflower Oil? Trans-Fats are history! Visit #NewYorkFries at our food court. pic.twitter.com/3MObzhO2
— City Centre Mirdif (@CityCtrMirdif) November 6, 2012
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Road Trip Fun in Kansas is a rewarding experience. More than meets the eye in Kansas #Interstate #70 #Dorothy #Tin #Man #Kansas #RoadTrip #Road #Trip #BBQ #Sunflower #State #Toto #Yellow #Brick #Road #Monkeys #Poppies #Famous #Trending #History #History #witch #Visit #Travel #Fun pic.twitter.com/uZ9aDSuP7f
— Geoff Love (@gdlcolorado) January 21, 2019
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