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The Seven Deadly Sins
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. - Mark TwainPeople have always been immoral, shiftless, and self-gratifying. But for ages, humankind struggled to find a...
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The Seven Virtues
When Pope Gregory the Great defined the seven deadly sins that people should avoid, he also included a counter-balancing set of values that people should espouse and adopt. The first three of these are...
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The South Continues To Fight The Civil War
When the South seceded, Lincoln chose war, an all-out, brutal, bitter war of a kind that had never been fought until then. “Let the erring sisters go in peace!” the newspaper editor Horace Greeley...
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Facts about South Africa
The Flag of South AfricaThe official name of South Africa is the Republic of South Africa.South Africa is located at the southern end of Africa.South AfricaIn 2011 the population of South Africa was...
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Facts about The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa) is a bell tower in Pisa, Italy.The leaning tower of Pisa weighs 14,500 tons Although it took quite a long time for...
View ArticleThree Humorous Poems
Hymn To The Bellyby Ben JonsonRoom! Room! Make room for the bouncing Belly,First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;Prime master of arts and the giver of wit,That found out the excellent engine, the...
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Great Thinkers, Great Thoughts: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on September 5, 1888, at Tiruttani, forty miles to the...
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Robert Mapplethorpe: Controversial Photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe, (born: November. 4, 1946, New York, N.Y.; died: March 9, 1989, Boston, Massachusetts.) American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male...
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Facts about Brazil
The Flag of BrazilThe name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.The official name of Brazil is TheFederal Republic of Brazil,Brazil is ademocratic federal republic.The capital of Brazil...
View ArticleThe Gun Lobby Is Culpable For The Orlando Nghtclub Shooting Whether They’ll...
The gun lobby is culpable for the Orlando nightclub shooting whether they’ll admit it or not.byCharlie DeitchIt’s 2 a.m. I’m wide awake for the second straight night and I can’t get those words out of...
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Hindu Beliefs Explained
Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also exists among significant populations outside of the sub continent and has over 900 million adherents worldwide.In some...
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Every Day Life in Ancient Egypt
Egypt was said to be the gift of the Nile. Each summer the Nile flooded and provided water to grow crops. For irrigation Egyptians used a device called shaduf. it was a 'see-saw' with a leather...
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The History of Slavery
Slavery is the ownership of one human being by another. It has existed throughout history and it still exists today.In the distant past people often slaughtered their enemies but sometimes they were...
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The History of Nudity
"If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred"-Wait Whitman I Sing the Body ElectricPrimitive Nude LivingMany people are unaware that nudity is a normal condition that has prevailed throughout most...
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Knowledge Quiz, No. 66
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed, No. 72
Forgiving Yourself Protects Mental HealthBeing forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the toll it takes on mental health, according to a new study in the Journal of Health...
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Origami Money
Why origami money? Sometimes money is the most practical gift you can give especially when you know that the recipient is saving up for something that’s important to them. However, there can be...
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare____________________Biography of William ShakespeareWithin the class system of Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare did not seem destined for greatness. He was not born into a...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 28
Self-Portrait by Ilka Gedő (1948)Ilka Gedő was born on May 26,1921, in Budapest. Her father taught at the Jewish grammar school of Budapest, and some of the leading Hungarian writers and artists of the...
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Facts about Jerusalem
Facts about JerusalemJerusalem, a Middle Eastern city west of the Dead Sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims since the biblical era. Its Old City retains...
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