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A tearful reunion
When Lamarr was 8 years old, his mom took him and moved away from his dad’s family as she felt it was a bad environment for him to grow up in. Without his dad’s support ...
Three public speaking tips from a little schoolhouse on the prairie
If you’ve ever found yourself in the dreaded position of giving a school presentation, chances are you’ve heard this clichéd advice: “Just picture everyone in their underwear.” Giving a class speech is something many students ...
The miraculous power of music and the art of peaceful battle
In the Art of War, Sun Tzu said that: “Defeating the enemy without fighting is the highest realm of military use”. Historically, very few have ever reached this realm of martial achievement with the exception ...
Could the Mayans be descendants of the Chinese?
Have you ever wondered why there are so many similarities between the Mayan and Chinese cultures? As some researchers have discovered, the explanation could be that the Mayans were visited by the Chinese, long before ...
6 stats that show Americans are drowning in stuff they don’t need
Many of us have taken advantage of the vast global economy, but in the process, we have become overwhelmed with stuff. The other day I discovered a YouTube channel, Wild We Roam. It depicts a couple who ...
Chung Ju-yung’s Journey: From stealing a cow to building the mighty Hyundai empire
From a penniless farmer boy who was ignorant of business, Chung Ju-yung established the powerful Hyundai (meaning "Modern") empire, becoming one of the most respected entrepreneurs in the history of Asian business ... At 10 p.m. ...
The mysterious “lady” who has been on a mountain in Africa for more than 10,000 years
The White Lady of Africa, also called Lady of Maali, is a gigantic female figure carved on Mount Loura, north of Guinea Conakry, near the borders of Senegal and Mali. It is one of the "conflicting" ...
The happy life of the tribe who has done without meat for 500 years: Nature is home and animals are friends
Over the past 500 years, the Bishnoi tribe of India has kept its ancient tenets and principles, which were left by their ancestors. They live in harmony with nature, harbor love for all life forms, ...
Teaching our children empathy and sacrifice
A recent article featured a story about an elementary school in Japan that teaches students about empathy and sacrifice. It gives us pause for thought: Is this a subject we are missing in American education ...
Idle hands are the devil’s workshop – Part 1
In the Middle Ages, the Devil appeared everywhere as a legendary figure who was responsible for spreading evil and brutality on earth and attempting to lead the faithful to perdition. In today’s world, demons still ...
The strange similarity between two millenary pyramids
Two very similar temples were built in the first millennium but are more than 10,000 miles apart. Is that simply a coincidence? Baksei Champkrong is a small pyramid-shaped temple located near the city of Angkor ...
Did the Chinese arrive in America before Christopher Columbus (Video)
According to one theory, even before Christopher Columbus was born, the Chinese had already arrived in America. Historian and former British commander Gavin Menzies in his book "1421, the year in which China discovered the ...
The forgotten family ritual that bonds parents and children
A friend of mine told me how as a child she informed her neighborhood playmate one evening that she had to go home. It was time for dinner. Her playmate gave her a confused look. “Don’t you ...
It all started with a teacher
Nobody inspires us more than our wonderful teachers, who can help us discover ourselves and realize our potential. They work with love and care to show us that what seems impossible can become reality. Today, we’ll ...
The strange similarity between two millenary pyramids
Two very similar temples were built in the first millennium but are more than 10,000 miles apart. Is that simply a coincidence? Baksei Champkrong is a small pyramid-shaped temple located near the city of Angkor ...
Fluoride in tap water seals up the pineal gland, dampens our innate potential
What if you were told that in your mind there exists a vast realm of original thoughts and expressions but you never knew about it, to begin with? And that the reason you don’t know ...
Bonhoeffer on the ‘stupidity’ that led to Hitler’s rise
Although he was in power for only a handful of years, Hitler and his Nazi government slaughtered millions. One of the more well-known victims of that slaughter was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on April 8, ...
The incredible story of St. Basil the Blessed, Russia’s greatest ‘holy fool’
In the Eastern orthodox church, there exists a very strange phenomenon: monks who display a peculiar eccentricity. The phrase "Foolishness for Christ" refers to the act of renouncing all possessions and secular attachments in order ...
What our political culture can learn from ‘The lion, the witch and the wardrobe’
C.S. Lewis had some interesting things to say about humanity in his children's fantasy series Chronicles of Narnia, and what he spoke of in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe might probably be the ...
The nurse who saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis
She was just an ordinary nurse, but she saved over 2,500 children from certain death. When she was alive, she used to blame herself: “What I did was not enough, because I might have been ...
