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The really cool black stone.
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Back in 1786, a French botanist named André Michaux was wandering around Baghdad when he stumbled upon this really cool black stone near the Taq Kasra ruins. It had some pretty odd carvings and writing on it, and Michaux was totally fascinated. He ended up keeping it with him for…
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When they disconnected my uncle and said he’s dead, I stayed watching him, he had his hand clinging to mine and even so it was still warm.
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I continued to observe him, he seemed asleep, perhaps 3 or 4 minutes had passed and his skin color was the same. Suddenly, from his face a veil began to fall, which every time it descended, leaving his mummified and disfigured yellow appearance. Under this non-transparent veil, soft and not…
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Fact Slap
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Not to be out done by German High Command and strange decisions, Mussolini and his Government almost triggers a civil war with the Pasta & Rice Ration Announcement. The announcement is triggered by the limited import of wheat used for making pasta, Italian farms cannot keep up with demand. This…
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The earliest known use of iron by humans occurred in ancient Egypt and Sumer
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The earliest known use of iron by humans occurred in ancient Egypt and Sumer, where it was used to make spear tips and ornaments. As the process for smelting iron had not yet been invented, the metal was only available from meteorites, making it rare and extremely valuable. Smelting is…
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It’s staggering to think that nearly 97% of our history is lost.
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Modern humans, Homo sapiens, have roamed the Earth for around 200,000 years, but written records only date back about 6,000 years. That’s a whopping 194,000 years of human life undocumented and largely unknown. Ancient tools, scattered artifacts, and prehistoric cave paintings are some of the only clues to what life…
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WHAT A SAD NEWS
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The Effurun POLICE STATION, Wado City, Delta State found four h3ads in a student’s bag last night around 11pm. A young man, about 30 years, with a large handbag, got into a KEKE NAPEP lastnight. The vigilant driver smelled a strong odor coming from the youngster’s bag. The horrible smell…
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Nikola Tesla’s prediction of a smartphone, Collier’s magazine interview, 1926:
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“When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and…
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Mongols were the first nation to build an army of soldiers, rather than an army of feudal warriors and mercenaries.
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Mongol soldiers fought as well disciplined formations and did not seek individual glory. They had no superfluous customs (like inviting enemy champions to single duels) or religious rituals to perform before a battle. Their equipment was modest yet effective, they were not burdened by heavy armor, they did not decorate…
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THE DANGER OF FORCING LOVE
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It is dangerous to force yourself on someone or marry someone who does not love you. When there is no love in marriage, the wedding ring becomes a little handcuff and your marriage becomes a prison yard instead of a paradise on earth. A man who does not love a…
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This is a microscopic view of a mosquito.
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While on the outside is seems like such a simple creature, God built it like a perfect machine.A mosquito has:A tiny head with 100 eyes exactly.In its mouth are 48 tiny teethIn its chest it has 3 hearts, each heart has 2 atria and 2 ventriclesIt has a thermal receptor…