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Today we have brought you Everything Green Facts by researching. Some of these facts you may know some may not but bringing all facts together was challenging but we have covered the best ones and will update this post whenever we get more information.

1) 20th Century English novelist, Henry Graham Greene, was most concerned with man’s spiritual struggle in a deteriorating world. He was best known for Stamboul Train (1932); the spy thriller was published in the United States, the name changed to “Orient Express.”

2) Commonly known as green or grass-green algae because of its bright green color, Green Algae is a member of the largest phylum of the algae family, which consists of some 7000 species.

3) When mixed, pure spectral color pairs, such as certain greens and blues, or reds and greens, produce the same sensation as white light.

4) Green Bay city is located in northeastern Wisconsin on Green Bay, which is an arm of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River.

5) The emerald is a green gem variety of the mineral beryl. In ancient times the emerald was not only known for its beauty, but also for its alleged magical ability to heal diseases of the eye.

6) Pollock, also known as green cod, is a commercially important food and game fish belonging to the cod family. It is found in cooler coastal waters on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean and can reach lengths of 3 feet.

7) A green card allows natives of other countries to remain in the United States; Green Card was also a motion picture released in 1990. It stared Andie MacDowell as Bronte Parrish, an American botanist, and Gerard Depardieu as a European named George Faure. It was a story about a Frenchman who wanted to marry so he could get a green card to work in the United States.

8) The Green Corn Ceremony, or Busk, was a time of thanksgiving, rekindling of sacred fires, and the spiritual renewal of the Cherokee Nation. It was held in mid-to-late summer at the time corn was ready for roasting.

9) The green darner is one of the most common dragonflies in the United States. It has a brilliant green head and thorax. It is also found in Asia, the Pacific islands, and from Alaska to Costa Rica.

10) Green Dolphin Street was a movie set in 19th- century New Zealand, released in 1947. Starring Lana Turner, Donna Reed, and Richard Hart, it was a story about two sisters vying for the affections of one man.

11) The aphid is a member of a large group of insects also known as plant lice or green flies; found worldwide as parasites on roots, leaves, and stems of plants to which they frequently do great damage.

12) The Green Line was the unofficial boundary that divided the Muslims and Christians in Beirut during the violent period, from 1975 to 1990.

13) Green gold is used in the making of jewelry, and contains copper and silver.

14) The Green Frog is a small water frog found in eastern North America. Its body color ranges from brown and bronze to green; they grow from 2 – 3 inches long.

15) The green jungle fowl is one of four species of fowl found in Asia, south of the Himalayas, and on many islands in the East Indies.

16) The green mamba is a venomous snake of the cobra family, found in southern Africa; among the swiftest of snakes, it has a narrow head and large eyes.

17) The Green Mountain Boys were a group of soldiers from Vermont who fought in the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783. Their name came from the Green Mountains in Vermont.

18) Green Mountain College is a private, coeducational institution founded in 1834. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is located in Poultney, Vermont.

19) The Green Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain range, extend north to south in central Vermont, with extremities in Massachusetts in the United States and Quebec Province in Canada.

20) Unripe olives are green; the seed or stone of the olive is often removed and the cavity stuffed with spicy edibles such as sweet red pepper.

21) The green onion is also known as the common leek or scallion.

22) The political movement that emphasizes environmental concerns is referred to as “Green Parties.” Green has long been the symbolic color of the environmental movement.

23) “Green power” is a source of electricity endorsed by environmental groups; it is more expensive but relies on renewable and environmentally friendly energy sources – such as windmills and geothermal power plants.

24) The Green Revolution has been a widely used term since the 1960s. It is used to describe efforts to increase and diversify crop yields in third-world countries.

25) The Green River rises in western Wyoming and flows south and east through the northwestern corner of Colorado into Utah.

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