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According to the Uniform Crime Reports from the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bible is still the most stolen book in America. INTERESTING: THE WORLD’S MOST SHOPLIFTED BOOK IS THE BIBLE | Prayers4reparation's Blog (wordpress.com) Sign in to see full entry.

I learned about the Lewis and Clark expedition when I attended school in Oregon, and now I live next to one of the rivers that the explorers traveled. For this first leg of their voyage, Lewis met up with Clark, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where Clark had recruited seven soldiers, a river pilot, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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No stranger to solving crimes, in 2006, journalist Christine Pelisek began trying to find the consistencies between 38 suspicious deaths of women dating back to the 1980s. All of the victims were African American, and the majority had been dumped in alleys or in dumpsters. Christine and her editor... Sign in to see full entry.

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In 1991, after Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC, the rumor mill went into full gear that the change had to do with what it was feeding the human population. One popular theory was that the fast-food chain couldn't use the word “chicken” in its name anymore because its products didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

The pretty redhead in the photo is a regular visitor to my yard. I snapped the photo of him this morning as he was feasting on the berry suet that I provided him with, giving him a break from pecking my Japanese Maple tree. Woodpeckers can peck a tree up to 12,000 times a day while searching for... Sign in to see full entry.

On the spur of the moment, funny guy Jay Leno bought Seafair, a Newport, Rhode Island estate that sits perched above the Atlantic Ocean as a gift to his wife Mavis immediately after seeing it. In early December 2017, the celebrity couple was driving down Ocean Drive and spotted the lavish Louis XIV... Sign in to see full entry.