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88A Guide to the Banana
We might see 3-4 types of bananas in the local grocery, but there are 100s of different varieties. Several are delicious raw, come cooked, and many of them are good for medicine as well. Different threads of history may prove that the originals came from India or even Australia...
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86US History: COLD WAR INTRIGUE 1950 - 1960
The Cold War began as World War II ended and continued unti the fall of the Berlin Wall in1989 and the collapse of the USSR, around 1990 - 1991. The Cold War involved spies and counterspies, new technology...
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85The Legacy of Harry Truman
Presidential history differs from the other disciplines of history in that from the moment a president takes office his legacy and background are under scrutiny. As soon as a president first walks through the...
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85Unidentified Flying Objects - Project Blue Book and Me
From the earliest times when men and women began to think outside of themselves, the began to wonder about other life forms. Who lived in the oceans? Who lived inside the earth? Who lived in the trees and even in the sky? Someone must be out there.
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83Old Fort Niagara – A Historic Tourist Attraction
On the south shore of the Niagara River, right at the point where the river flows into Lake Ontario, sits Old Fort Niagara. Strategically placed to defend the entry into the interior of the North American...
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84Russia History
The history of Russia is intertwined with the history of Europe. The people of Russia are largely Slavs from Eastern Europe but the first Russian state was formed by Vikings warriors in the 9th...
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83How To Maximize Your Money – Horror Stories and Hail Marys
This article discusses the lack of money and the saving money in ineffective ways. Before you can maximize your buying power and investment return, you have to have some money in the first place...
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84The Guano Islands Act of 1856 - Congress's Bird Poop Law
If you take a close look at a map of the Pacific Ocean you will notice that, next to the names of many isolated islands, the name United States or the initials U.S. appear in parenthesis next to the names of...
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81US History: John F. Kennedy and the Marilyn Monroe Murder
Cape Canaveral is in decay. 1960 - 1963 presents some of the most turbulent years in the world. Certain government sources stated that they would not release the true and complete details of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's demise to the general public until all alive that day were dead. Then Marilyn Monroe was murdered, according to the evidence. Later followed by deaths of RFK and Martin Luther King. Jr. and the disppearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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81US History: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, WWII General
The Presidency of our 34th President of the United States comprised 8 years of turmoil immediately after WWII. The WWII ally Russia became a Cold War enemy in the race for Communist control of the world and...
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