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A Very Long Cold Snap

  • November 15, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Little Ice Age was a period of unusually cold weather that plagued Europe from the mid-1500s to the mid-1800s. It led to food shortages, contributed to political strife, and even caused Europeans’ average height to drop by an inch!

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