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Hookah pipe used by ancient Persian cultures to smoke tobbacco and hashish.83

The Great Soma Mystery

Soma was a drink once made by an Indo-Iranian peoples that date back to at least 4,000 years. Certain Zoroastrian and Hindu branches were known to have used the drink in their religious practices to gain...

10 comments    education religion literature
Krishna the Blue Dumbo Rat92

Interesting Facts About Rats

Love them or hate them you have to admit that rats have some of the most interesting quirks and histories. Here are just a few interesting little tidbits to tease the mind. The first albino rats to be bred in...

43 comments    education fun pets
A Mackerel Tabby & White Siberian87

Theories on the Domestication of Cats

Before we even begin to understand where the domestic cat came from we must first understand where domestication research started. So here is a breif summary of a very grand accidental experiment which has...

2 comments    education pets science
Medieval torture mechanism with it's jaws starting to open... 93

Pop! Goes the Speculum: Stories You'll Never Read in RedBook or Woman's Day Magazine

A dreadful series of gynecological horror stories guaranteed to make you squirm, giggle deleriously, or both!

14 comments    health entertainment life
Fleetwood-Walker Painting "The Family" 193282

Around the World in Search of Different Forms of "Family"

Western Society seems to have this idea that there is only one type of family, that of the Nuclear form, which consists of a mother, a father, and children. This belief is an incredibly misinformed one as...

7 comments    love life family
A look at Ceratages prickly thorned spines from above. 81

The Strangest Cambrian Creatures Ever Discovered

The Cambrian Period (542-488 million years ago) is known as being the first burst in the diversity of animal life. It wasn't that animals didn't exist before this time, as they did, that made this period...

10 comments    animals evolution ocean
A standard spotted male Bengal (Howl) at ten months of age. 86

The Joys and Hazards of Living with a Bengal Cat

Although there are lots of sites that just fawn over the Bengal breed there doesn't tend to be too many that describe just what life is like with these cats. In this article I hope to both educate the audience...

13 comments    pets animals cats
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Absinthe: The Truth Behind the Myth

Before we can understand if absinthe is all its cracked up to be, we must understand what it is at its core. Absinthe is a strong liquor (composed of up to 85% ethanol) that was created using a number of...

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Finding the Appropriate Cage for Your Cat (Photographic Guide)

I know the caging of cats is not something most people consider but there are lots of reasons why cats should be caged at different points in their life, as mentioned in my previous article: Caging Cats: When...

6 comments    advice how to education
Silky Bantam - adorned with the feathers bird anscestors probably origionally sported.85

Jurassic Chicken: The Resurrection of Dinosaurs

It may not be as crazy as it sounds. Paleontology and experimental biology are meeting for the first time in our history. Will this result in the ressurrection of dinosaurs?

6 comments    education science chicken
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