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Does belief in the Supernatural Cause Stress?
Belief in the supernatural encompasses a wide range of faith in forces, entities, or events that are considered to be beyond the realm of natural explanation or scientific understanding. These beliefs often involve concepts like spirits, demons, miracles, or paranormal phenomena. Sometimes witchcraft, other worldly beings or even the devil were believed to be involved.…
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Does belief in supernatural cause stress?
People who believe in supernatural things are not necessarily following a specific religion. Some people believe, for example, just that there is a bigger power “out there” or in reincarnation. Around the world and throughout history, people have expressed belief in the existence of powerful, invisible entities that have intentions, needs, and goals. Whether it…
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Kissing Sailor
On August 14, 1945, it was announced Japan had surrendered to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. This image of a sailor planting a celebratory kiss on a white-clad woman in the middle of New York City’s Times Square was published in “Life” magazine on August 27. The photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, did not get…
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Radium Girls
The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting radium dials – watch dials and hands with self-luminous paint. The incidents occurred at three factories in the United States: one in Orange, New Jersey, beginning around 1917; one in Ottawa, Illinois, beginning in the early 1920s; and one in Waterbury, Connecticut,…
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Continuity of Government
The first inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the 36th president of the United States was held on Friday, November 22, 1963, aboard Air Force One (specifically VC-137C SAM 26000) at Dallas Love Field, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy earlier that day. The inauguration – the eighth non-scheduled inauguration to ever take place – marked the commencement of the first term (a partial term of 425…
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Sonic Seasoning
The golden rule of culinary presentation is simple: “You eat with your eyes.” The phrase suggests that the more visually appealing food appears on the plate, the better it will taste. Chefs have long embraced the connection between plate and palate, demanding nothing short of edible art from their kitchens. Today, Michelin-starred dishes frequently appear…
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Wives Wanted
Wives wanted sign posted on log cabin. Taken at Apgar, at the foot of Lake McDonald. From left to right: Bill Daucks, Frank Geduhn (Forest Service ranger before Glacier National Park was established), Esli Apgar (in doorway of cabin), and (Harvey) Dimon Apgar. Geduhn holds a cat and a dog sits between Esli and Dimon…
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Marines with Flag
This photo does indeed depict U.S. servicemen raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi after capturing it during the Battle of Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. However, that version of events obscures the fact that this was not the first, but actually the second, flag raising atop that hill that day, in addition to…
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Nessie
It’s not surprising that this infamous 1934 photo purported to depict the Loch Ness Monster is a confirmed hoax; what is surprising is exactly who the target of that hoax was. The perpetrator was U.K. hunter Marmaduke Wetherell, who’d been hired to track down the monster by London’s Daily Mail the year before. When the…
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Everybody Loves a Mystery
Crop Circles Are Still a Thing…? Who Killed Superman? Is Abduction a Bridge Too Far?
Life is not a Spectator Sport 