An emergence is when a throng of periodical cicadas rises from the ground as soon as the soil reaches about 64 degrees Fahrenheit. The groups of magicicadas, known as broods, surface only once every 13 or 17 years depending on the species.

A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.

With intelligence springs up at a stroke the phenomenal world, the world as we know it.

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