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Napoleon and the Battle of the Rabbits: Faced with the implacable animal horde, the Emperor beat a hasty retreat

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May 18, 2018 Barbara Stepko The enemy—numbering in the thousands—was relentless, surrounding Napoleon and his men, eventually bringing them to their knees. In desperation, they would retreat. Waterloo, you’re thinking? Not exactly. Napoleon’s most memorable—and humiliating—defeat came at the hands, well, the paws of a fearsome band of bunny rabbits. The bizarre moment in European history happened in … Read more

An ethnic minority in China refuses to give up their home—a massive 160-foot-high cave within remote mountain

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May 18, 2018 E.L. Hamilton A group of ethnic-minority villagers in one of the poorest corners of China have steadfastly refused to give up the place they have called home for a decade, a half a century, or even thousands of years, depending on whom you ask. Their castle is an enormous cave. If Ethnic Miao … Read more

The Theory that Jesus Healed his Followers Using Cannabis Oil

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Nov 9, 2018 Alexandra Dantzer It is known to us that Jesus used special anointment oils that had almost magical power, curing a range of illnesses from skin diseases to eye infections. However, what he might have been using in these oils is still under scientific scrutiny. While linguists and historians are dealing with the etymology … Read more

Big Nose Kate – Doc Holliday’s Rough and Tumble Lover who Broke him out of Jail

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Nov 9, 2018 Tijana Radeska She is remembered in history as Doc Holliday’s on-and-off girlfriend with the big nose. But Big Nose Kate was much more than that. She showed true grit when it came to situations like saving her life or the life of her beloved man. She was born Mary Katherine Horony in 1850, … Read more

Hope

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January 2, 2019 by Paulo Coelho According to the dictionary: a tendency of the spirit to consider something as probable; the second of the theological virtues; expectation; supposition; probability. For the ancient Greeks: In one of the classic myths of the Creation, one of the gods, furious at the fact that Prometheus stole fire and in doing so … Read more

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