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Was Christopher Columbus Really the First to Discover America?

Who really did discover America?

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In western N.C. you will find many interesting Consignment and Thrift Shops. 82

Western NC Consignment Shops And Thrift Shops

As you probably already know western North Carolina is already well known for its beautiful scenery but what you may not know is all the really great Consignment Shops and Thrift Shops where you can make some...

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The Controversy of Columbus Day in the United States75

The Controversy of Columbus Day

The second Monday of October is celebrated in the United States as Columbus Day. The holiday was officially proclaimed by Richard Nixon in the 1970s to honor the man who sailed the ocean blue in search on a...

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Fountainhead Essay - Howard Roark and Integrity

Howard is the protagonist of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead. He is an uncompromising architect whose rhetoric and artistic behavior is clearly inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. In the book, he serves as a...

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Top 100 Salaries in Major League Soccer

NOTE: UPDATED 2009 PLAYER SALARY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON "MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SALARIES 2009, THE TOP 50" and further MLS commentary at MLS Unlimited In the world of Major League Soccer salary...

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Was Christopher Columbus Really the First to Discover America?

The short answer is, "No." From a strictly Eurocentric point of view, the Vikings showed up about 500 years before Columbus did, if vastly farther north. Leif Eriksson is widely, widely recognized as having...

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Identifying Bias and Fallacies

We have a disease! Not one with vomit and grossness, but a pestilence much more subtle – one with words and ideas. The media is constantly bombarding us with opinions and outright subjectivity (see Fox...

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House of a Thousand Cadavers

The House of a Thousand Cadavers is located in Columbus, Georgia. A slave owner, John W. Woolfolk, once owned it. The name of this house implies that a thousand cadavers may have once lain here, but the...

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Art & Craft Ideas For Columbus Day

Columbus Day is a day to remember Christopher Columbus’ voyage across the Atlantic in search of a new world.  This time of year is also used to raise awareness to the accomplishments of the Native...

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Adam Richman taking on the Joe Rogers Firebrand Chilli Challenge in Springfield, IL  Picture: The Travel Channel, L.L.C.63

Man Versus Food

Adam Richman taking on the Joe Rogers Firebrand Chilli Challenge in Springfield, IL Picture: The Travel Channel, L.L.C. For those of you who do not watch Travel Channel, now would be a good time to check it...

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