It’s the Dog Days of Summer. Will Your AC Heel to Your Demands?
The end of July through August is known as “the dog days of summer.” Surprisingly, it has less to do with dogs and more to do with the time of year when we can best see Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation, Canis Major, which translates into “big dog” in Latin. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that Sirius’s heat would combine with that of our sun, resulting in some of the hottest days of the year. Eventually, “the days of the dog star” got shortened to “dog days” in 1500s England and has been known as the “dog...
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