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The human race has been celebrating the holiday of Christmas for a very long time - about a thousand years, actually. Of course, no matter what time period in h...
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Kwanzaa is the newest addition to the winter holidays. It was created fifty years ago, and since it's so new, it's often misunders...
On January 16th, 2014, as Hiroo Onoda exhaled his last breath, his battle with pneumonia ended with a heart attack. After 91 years he’d fought many battles. Wha...
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We all know Socrates as the classical Greek philosopher who is credited with being one of the main founders of modern thought. However, Soc...
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Nothing says Christmas more than snow on the ground outside, a fire burning in the fireplace, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree,...