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The Filipinos - the world's finest!

The Filipinos are some of the best people on the planet. Here's why...

119 comments    travel philippines middle east
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Family Tree of Egyptian Mythology

The Egyptian Gods have a rather interesting family tree and creation. Staring with one god who developed an entire race of upper and lower gods. There's a lot of inbreeding needless to say, and like any...

8 comments    religion gods egyptian gods
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The Indie Scene

Indie is more than just music... it's a scene. Abbreviated from "independent," indie has become an entire genre that includes music, movies, clothing styles, and other facets of culture. It is characterized...

18 comments    life music culture
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philippine folklore: or the stuff filipino nightmares and fantasy are made of

Philippine folklore, as in other cultures, is predominantly about heaven and hell, good and evil. A duality that is present in most things. And similarly, it too has survived a long history of dominations and...

62 comments    culture sociology folklore
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Egyptian Mythology: Osiris' Story

Going down the lineage of Egyptian mythology, Osiris is a fourth generation god. Atum gave birth to Shu and Tefnut, together they had two children, Geb and Nut. Geb and Nut had four children, Osiris, Isis,...

2 comments    religion mythology isis
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Urban Legend The Dead Boyfriend

Though this story has been widely circulated already, it may offend or disturb young or sensitive readers. During the late evening hours, a young couple parks at an out-of-town or otherwise very secluded...

6 comments    car boyfriend worry
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Primatology

As a child, I had a number of ambitions. One of them was to cross-foster a chimpanzee in a human household, along with a child of my own, and to enable him to learn language and acquire literacy. It took many...

8 comments    education careers primates
A painting I purchased from Bejing, China -- done by an unknown folk artist from a nearby rural village.  Bought solely because it reminded me of The Story of the Master Thief.84

The Story of the Master Thief

Sadly, there are stories and tales of old, once taught and handed down from one generation to the next, that are slipping away from the consciousness of modern minds, destined to be lost to future generations if we are not careful. One such ancient Norse folktale in danger of being lost is -- The Story of the Master Thief.

14 comments    china mythology myths
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History of the Death Penalty, Executions, and Last Meals

The earliest record of a death penalty comes from King Hammaurabi of Babylon in the 18th century BC. The Romans, not to be outdone (the Romans were never to be outdone) implemented the death penalty as...

63 comments    united nations death penalty
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Egyptian Mythology: The Creation Story

Depending on the different creation myth that you look at, the differences will be slight, but there. Before you look at the creation story, you need to be aware of the most famous Egyptian Gods. Atum...

0 comments    religion history mythology
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