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Sunday, August 21, 2022

Abandoned for Political Reasons, This Therapy Was Used by Authors & Royalty

Regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, English writer Charles Dickens actively practiced hypnosis, which during his time was known as mesmerism. Mesmerism can prove challenging to learn, but Dickens had a natural inclination. The aim of mesmerism was to rediscover that central point... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2022

Pilots and Co-Pilots of Major Airlines Are Protected from Food Poisoning

Since 1939, August 19 has been celebrated as National Aviation Day, the legacy of a presidential proclamation first made by Franklin D. Roosevelt to celebrate the birth date of civil aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, one of five children of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Strange but True...Beyond Knowing...

It is a calming sound that we have come to know as being part of our furry friend's routine when they are content, but cats also purr when tense or stressed. Science has found that a cat's purr holds secret powers when it comes to us humans, especially when it comes to pain relief. Strange, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Hidden from the Public, This Heir to a Whiskey Empire Was Made of Pure Evil

This is a true story about a wealthy heir who most likely is today being tortured daily in Hell, at least one can only hope... In 1888, James Jameson, the heir to the Jameson whiskey empire, was on an expedition to a trading post in the Belgian colony of Congo, which he had been told was inhabited... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

An Ugly Piece of History Has an Amazing Ending...Making Dreams Come True

Ronald McNair - Challenger, Family & Facts - Biography Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 15, 2022

Just Another Reality Check in My World...

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Sunday, August 14, 2022

There Was a Time When Doctors Took the Place Husbands in the Bedroom

During the Victorian era, women who had anxiety, mood swings, and depression were sent by their husbands to the doctor, who diagnosed them with a disease called ′′ hysteria." Their treatment was based on a ′′ pelvic massage ′′ with the purpose of achieving hysterical paroxysm, now known as orgasm.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

This is Where All the Suspicions Began with Women Concerning Cheating Men

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Loved By Women for Centuries, these Adornments Have a Deep, Dark History

Historically, there is quite a bit of symbolism that goes along with chokers. They represented various things and were popular with upper-class women in the 18th century. After the French Revolution, red chokers took on a more macabre symbolism, worn as a symbol of remembrance of and solidarity with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

The Process That It Takes to get to Your Cup of Delicious Every Morning

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Our world is bursting with nostalgia, unexplained, beautiful, fascinating, and hidden situations and destinations. When it comes to the paranormal and ghosts, "for the believer no proof is necessary. For the skeptic, no proof is possible."

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