In 1998, while most of the world was worrying about the approaching millennium, a 29-year-old former British paratrooper stood at the southern end of South America and began walking home.
His name was Karl Bushby. His destination was Hull, England. (Photo by permission Karl Bushby)
Read MoreIn the year 536, the sun did not literally disappear—but to the people living beneath an eerie veil in the sky, it must have seemed as though something had gone terribly wrong with the heavens
Read MoreIn March 1981, Italian financial police searching the home and offices of businessman Licio Gelli uncovered something extraordinary: a list containing the names of hundreds of military officers, intelligence chiefs, politicians, bankers, judges, journalists and business leaders.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 1920 — The Wall Street Bombing At 12:01 p.m., during the busy lunchtime rush, a horse-drawn wagon loaded
Read More1988 political and financial controversy in Omaha, Nebraska, centered on allegations of financial fraud and a purported child abuse ring.
Read MoreUnit 731 was operated by the Imperial Japanese Army’s Kwantung Army under physician and army officer Shiro Ishii. Its principal complex was at Pingfang, outside Harbin, in Japanese-controlled Manchuria. Officially it was disguised as an “Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department.” In reality, it became the hub of a much larger network devoted to biological warfare.
Read MoreWhy is astrology condemned by the Christian faith, you ask?
Maybe the more interesting question is:
Who decided it should be—and why?
To explore that question, we have to go back roughly 1,660 years to the Council of Laodicea, a regional gathering of Christian bishops in Asia Minor, probably held sometime around A.D. 363–364.
Read MoreMost people remember Timothy Leary for LSD.
In 1973, Timothy Leary was imprisoned at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo. During a period in solitary confinement, he began writing what became Neurologic.
Repurposed Antiparasitic Drugs and Cancer: Separating Scientific Evidence from Hope, Hype, and Controversy
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