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The town of Lexington, Massachusetts just recently became the next town in the Baystate to ban all fossil fuels and natural gases which went into effect March 21 according to the towns website. 10 other communities with this ban include Acton, Aquinnah, Arlington, Brookline, Cambridge, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Newton and West Tisbury.

1920s eclipse glasses are nightmare fuel.

Massachusetts is full of quaint and rather historic towns, some of which they call the Bay State’s “best-kept secrets,” according to Worldatlas.com. It's no surprise that some of these Berkshire towns are considered the "most underrated." Take the town of Adams for example where I grew up, the town is full of “awe-inspiring” beauty, especially with Mount Greylock, being the highest peak in Massachusetts, the Cheshire Reservoir, and the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail that runs through the town.

The forecast for Wednesday and Thursday is predicting some nasty, wet weather for the entire state. There will be plenty of rain, and likely a wintry mix at lower elevations. Whatever form the precipitation takes, the storm will likely have "potentially significant impacts" across the region, according to the National Weather Service.

According to onlyinyourstate.com, this tunnel is hidden in the forest bordering the Wachusett Dam and has since been abandoned by the state. Even though the tunnel itself itself is only about a quarter-mile long, the soaring ceiling, walls that are made of huge stone blocks, and utter darkness makes it feel quite a bit longer. Tripping water can also be heard as well like any other tunnel.

The simplest way to put it, yes you can legally drive with no shirt on in the commonwealth of Massachusetts! According to lawstuffexplained.com, Massachusetts has no laws regarding shirtless driving and only has laws for indecent exposure such as genitalia and nothing for upper body (like breasts).

According to onlyinyourstate.com Dudley Road, located in the Suburbs of Boston in Newtown, Massachusetts is a haunted road that’ll certainly give you that feeling in spades.

According to Business Insider, by law shoppers are not legally required to present their receipt but refusing to show it could give the store probable cause to detain you. However, detainment can pose other issues because one Colorado customer sued Walmart for repeatedly refusing to show receipts for the purchases he made that lead to workers to detain him. (Walmart was recently found not liable for false imprisonment of the customer by the way.)

Lake Chaubunagungamaug, easier to just say "Webster Lake." Located in the town of Webster Massachusetts, off I-395 near the Connecticut state border. With 1,442 acres of surface and an elevation of 477 feet! It is also the third largest body of water in Massachusetts with 17 miles of shoreline in the south border. This comes after larger "Long Pond" located in the towns of Lakeview and Freetown. There's even a much larger body of water known as "Quabbin Reservoir" the main water supply for the city of Boston.

According to Words Like Honey, the smell of cucumbers is emitted when a copperhead snake feels threatened, such as when a rambunctious child is running about its territory. Today, few of us are regularly in danger of a poisonous snake bite, but countless other dangers lurk.