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Get ready to welcome summer, however you see fit.

In 2025, the summer solstice will fall on Friday, June 20. Here are some fascinating facts to celebrate the celestial occasion.

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Grab your magnifying glass.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

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See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

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