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Jack O' Lanterns
Who Was Jack In Jack-o’-lantern?This month thousands of Americans will scoop out the flesh of a gourd, carefully carve a haunting face into its rind, and stick a candle inside. The creations are called...
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Halloween
On the night of October 31st they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated each year on October 31st, and...
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Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëCharlotte Brontë was born in 1816, the third daughter of the Rev. Patrick Brontë and his wife Maria. Her brother Patrick Branwell was born in 1817, and her sisters Emily and Anne in...
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Knowledge Quiz , No. 80
Knowledge Quiz, No. 80I 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...
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Little Known Artist: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie MacKintoshCharles Rennie Mackintosh was born on June 7th, 1868, and died on December 10th, 1928, He was a Scottish architect, designer, water colorist and artist. His artistic approach...
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Three Poems by Carmine Giordano
That Which Movesby Carmine GiordanoAnything can happen anytime.Everything singularhas its own momentumgoes its own wayundeliberate, random, free.God's first breathbanged everything that's thingto...
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One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V (1387-1422) led two successful invasions of France, cheering his outnumbered troops to victory at the 1415 Battle of Agincourt and eventually...
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929
On October 29th, 1929, a day that would come to be known as Black Tuesday, several days of panicked selling culminated in America's most devastating stock market crash, ushering in a decade of hard...
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News You May Have Missed New "Trojan horse" Antibiotic Is Promising
New "Trojan horse" Antibiotic Is PromisingbyJames Gallagher Scientists say they have engineered a new antibiotic that appears promising in early clinical trials. The drug, made by Shionogi Inc, acts...
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Three Poems by Maya Angelou
Maya AngelouMarguerite Annie Johnson Angelou (April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014), known as Maya Angelou, was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist best known for...
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News You May Have Missed, No. 21
U. S. Vice President Mike PenceU.S. Vice-President Mike Pence faces controversy after a cleric who identifies as a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ led prayers for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue...
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African American Art: Kara Walker
Kara Walker Kara Walker was born in Stockton, California, in 1969. She received a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1991, and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994. The artist is...
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St. Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of AssisiSt. Francis of Assisi abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to rebuild the Christian church...
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Five Things You Did Not Know About The Sistine Chapel
On November 1st, 1512, the Sistine Chapel ceiling opened to the public so that visitors could view the elaborate paintings of Michelangelo. Here are five things you probably did not know about the...
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Pictures From The Past, No. 41
Pictures From The PastThe phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” was coined by American newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane in 1911. It’s a simple notion that applies to many aspects of our lives,...
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Myth Busting: Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick The real reason why there aren't any snakes in Ireland and it is not St. PatrickDid Saint Patrick banish all the snakes from Ireland?It turns out the story is a bit more complicated than...
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Famous People Who May Never Have Existed
In our present age of choking, overpowering, ubiquitous information, it's easy to search for the biography of a celebrity or politician because history is better preserved now than ever before....
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