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Haunted Bodies of Water in United States
7/28/10
-Ghost And Paranormal
Whether it’s a drowning victim seeking peace or scared grounds rebelling against change, ghosts and other strange happenings have been connected to bodies of water. In this article, you will encounter tales that involve lakes, rivers, and places located close to bodies of water.
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Pesky Insect Facts: Mosquitoes & Fleas
7/28/10
-Information and Theories
Both of the insects mentioned in this article are unwanted visitors by humans and animals. While the flea is a common pest of dogs and cats, they also infiltrate a home and begin to annoy the human occupants. Attracted to warm bodies, they will fiercely multiply if not stopped. Below you will find facts and trivia concerning mosquitoes and fleas.
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Random Bug Facts and Trivia
7/27/10
-Information and Theories
Do you know the longest bug in the insect world? What insect can eat its own weight in just one day? Who is the brainiest out of all the bugs? In this article, you will encounter a hodgepodge of insect facts that include information of the caterpillar, ant, and millipede.
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Interesting Insect Facts: Flies
7/27/10
-Information and Theories
Depending on what kinds of fly we're talking about, they are viewed as a pesky home intruder or magical icon that often graces jewelry designs. In this article, you will encounter facts and trivia concerning the common housefly, dragonfly, and firefly.
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Creepy Crawly Facts: Ants
7/26/10
-Information and Theories
Ants may be one of the hardest little workers in the insect community, but they are also a source of fears. Someone with a phobia for ants is called myrmecophobia. Some nightmares involve the sensations of ants crawling over the dreamer's body. There are millions upon millions of ants in the world and some of the most interesting facts about this insect are found in this article.
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Insect Trivia: Ladybug, Beetle & Cicada
7/26/10
-Information and Theories
In the insect world, there are many interesting facts. For starters, the majority of insects are able to carry 50 times their own body weight. The planet is also bustling with a wide range of species, where if you were to place all of the insects across the globe on a scale, they would outweigh all the creatures in the world. In this article, you will learn more about beetles, cicadas, and the infamous ladybug.
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Helium 3 May Answer Energy Crisis
7/26/10
-Technology Articles
There are few hurdles in today's society greater than energy production. And when it comes to energy production there is one possible solution that could solve energy problems almost immediately that most people are aware of – nuclear power. But with this great potential also comes many problems including cost, waste management, and potential dangers from radioactivity. But perhaps it is not the process of nuclear power that is the problem, but rather the fuel used in the process.
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How Would We React to Aliens Invading the News?
7/26/10
-UFO and Alien Section
On October 30th in 1938 Orson Welles' infamous adaptation to HG Welles' book The War of the Worlds broadcast over the airwaves. The public, not used to the mischief that could be played with the new method of mass communication known as radio was not prepared for the fast moving prank which caused so much panic in the form of a skillfully crafted radio play. But what if you turned on the news today and found a similar story being broadcast in the form of an alien invasion? How would the public react? How long before the invasion was widely believed? And what tools would assist in communicating the truth?
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Nixon's Gift to UFOlogy
7/26/10
-UFO and Alien Section
Richard Nixon is remembered as a villain by some, but there are still others that say his actions and those that caught him allowed 1974 America to make a much needed post World War II transition that may not have happened otherwise. And with this transition came the information that would eventually be publicized regarding Roswell.
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June Hottest Month Ever Recorded
7/26/10
-Unexplainable Weather
If there is any doubt that things are heating up a bit this year, this information is changing many minds. Weather records were first collected in 1914, just four years shy of a century ago. And since that time there have been many cold winters and hot summers. In 2005 the record for hottest month was shattered, but this was nothing in comparison to the global temperature increase seen last month in June of 2010.
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Chased Amateur Ghost Hunters Jump Off Cliff
7/26/10
-Ghost And Paranormal
When outlining the rules of ghost hunting, one must always keep in mind to always know their terrain, be sure the level of otherworldly activity is not beyond their ability to handle, and not run afoul of the law while tracking down the paranormal. An incident in Connecticut serves as a grim reminder of the potential ramifications of being reckless in the hopes of finding something supernatural.
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Was Grinning Man A "Cleaner?"
7/26/10
-UFO and Alien Section
Last month we did a piece on a creature known simply as The Grinning Man or Indrid Cold. But even as the cases seemed to die out shortly after the events at Point Pleasant with the Mothman, this entity or others like it have been spotted by several witnesses who share their terrified encounters over the Internet. But what could the Grinning Man be? And is there a correlation between sighting the Grinning Man and seeing other paranormal phenomena?
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Hacker Gary McKinnon Finds Hope
7/26/10
-UFO and Alien Section
Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker who accessed NASA and military computers from 2001 to 2002 in order to uncover classified information about extraterrestrial presence on Earth has been given a ray of hope by president Obama after awaiting extradition for several years to the United States. McKinnon hacked into military computers and discovered evidence of a military cover-up of UFOs and alien technology, and is finally being offered a ray of hope as Obama announced the measures taken would be appropriate for the Asperger's syndrome sufferer.
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Is Your House Haunted?
7/26/10
-Ghost And Paranormal
Several books and magazines have over the years outlined ways to tell if your house was haunted. One of the commonly listed suggestions that stands out has always been, “Do you see ghosts regularly in your house?” It stands to reason if a reader was seeing ghosts in their house on a regular basis that they would likely be able to make a well informed conclusion on their own without further advice on the matter. But not all ghosts manifest in such overt ways. In fact the vast majority of hauntings, according to many respected paranormal investigators manifests in ways that are largely subtle.
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Mad Scientists: Monkeys and Human Experiments
7/25/10
-Information and Theories
In many of the experiments that mad scientists conduct, they use animals to test out their theories. For some, dogs were a logical choice, while others preferred monkeys. This was the case for Harry Harlow, who had a reputation for inflicting cruelty upon helpless animals. In this article, you will also learn about Andrew Ure, who experimented on the human body.
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Oxygen Depletion Fears Leave Believers Breathless
7/25/10
-Information and Theories
Since at least 1995 a fear that has been surfacing regularly and leaving some believers short of breath. But is there anything to the belief that oxygen levels on Earth are plummeting at rates that will soon make us all gasp? And what factors involved actually have an effect on oxygen levels in our air?
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Will Psychics Be Needed in the Future? Ask them.
7/25/10
-Information and Theories
With tough times will always come need for advice. And while many seek advice from conventional sources, some need the intuition and experience of a psychic to help them through particularly rough spots. Now psychics of a number of different veins are suggesting that the need for psychic abilities will only increase as more people seek advice on topics ranging everywhere from the day to day, financial projections about the future, and help with matters of a spiritual nature.
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Interesting Facts About Stinging Insects
7/24/10
-Information and Theories
It's hard to imagine that something so small can cause the death of a human, but people who are allergic to bees and other stinging insects can die when exposed to just one bite. In this article, you will learn interesting facts about stinging insects, including bees, honeybees, wasps, and hornets.
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Mad Scientists Who Tested On Themselves
7/24/10
-Information and Theories
Not all mad scientists used unwilling animals and humans as their test subjects. Some of the more modern researchers tested their theories out on themselves. In this article, you will meet Kevin Warwick, who has a fascination regarding robots and humans, and John Lilly, who wanted to know how the brain would react to being cut off to stimuli.
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Time Travel's Grandfather Clause
7/24/10
-Information and Theories
Time travel has for many years been the subject of speculation by philosophers, scientists, and the imagination of those interested in the subject. And yet even with this speculation there are several road blocks, or paradoxes that must be worked out in advance of a working model of time travel to be realized and put to practice. And the predecessor to most paradox theories is the so-called “Grandfather Paradox.” The question it raises is, “If you went back in time and killed one of your ancestors, would you ever be born?
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Six Meteorites Smash House Six Times
7/24/10
-Simply Unexplainable
The odds of getting struck by lightning are approximately one in half a million. The odds of winning the lottery are somewhere around 120 million to one. And the odds of one man's house being hit by six separate asteroids is far too large a number to fathom. The odds of a single meteor hitting your house is several digits beyond the trillions. And he says it's not just mere chance, but rather a cosmic conspiracy by an extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Liberian Elephant Possessed When it Attacked?
7/24/10
-Simply Unexplainable
A claim that the massive attack on a logging compound in Liberia was supernaturally motivated has sent a stir through the paranormal community with questions being raised about the influence of a third party possibly interfering with industry to protect natural habitations. Of course the idea may sound a bit absurd at first, but those present when the elephant attacked loggers outside Rivercress which resulted in the death of one man say the creature was certainly acting as though it were under the control of a third party.
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Wisconsin Resident Chased by UFO
7/24/10
-UFO and Alien Section
There are few feelings that many UFO witnesses describe that could be more terrifying than seeing an object in the distance that is completely unidentified and alien looking only to later return home and realize the object didn't just follow you but knew where you lived the whole time. One Wisconsin man reports to MUFON a similar scenario.
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A Hodgepodge of Interesting Insect Facts
7/23/10
-Information and Theories
Do you know how many different species of roaches there are in the world? What country goes gaga over beetles? In this article, you will encounter a variety of interesting trivia involving beetles, spiders, cockroaches, and moths.
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Do Oceans Hold Alien Life?
7/23/10
-UFO and Alien Section
There has been a considerable amount of talk about the unexplained activity in the oceans for years, but now the evidence is yet again being reviewed, with a new focus on a point between several sites that are each considered significant in the UFO community. And now there is a theory for why these objects seem to drop by these places so often. What if there was an underwater laboratory or base where these objects and their occupants congregated?
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Interesting Facts About Butterflies and Moths
7/22/10
-Information and Theories
From the colorful wings of a Monarch butterfly to the night activities of the fluttering moth, this article offers a hodgepodge of interesting facts about these winged creatures of the day and night.
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Creepy Crawly Facts: Spiders
7/22/10
-Information and Theories
With eight menacing legs, spiders have had a long history of being a creepy, crawly member of the insect family. From the deadly black widow to the hairy tarantula, this article explores some of the interesting facts concerning spiders.
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Weather Records and Facts: Tornados and Hurricanes
7/21/10
-Information and Theories
When it comes to death and destruction, tornados and hurricanes are responsible for millions and billions of dollars of property damage, as well as killing helpless residents in their way. In this article, you will learn facts concerning specific hurricanes, including Agnes, Beulah, and Katrina.
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The Inspiration for Wolf Creek – the Movie
7/20/10
-Information and Theories
The movie "Wolf Creek" was marketed as being 'based on true events' – namely the case of British tourist Peter Falconio and his accused abductor Bradley John Murdoch. In this article, you will learn the details behind the incident, as well as what happened to Murdoch as a result.
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Wolf Creek: Real Life vs the Movie
7/20/10
-Information and Theories
In 2005, an independent Australian horror film written titled "Wolf Creek" was released. The plot centered on three backpackers who become captives of a serial killed in the Australian outback. The film is based loosely on the events that took place in the 1990s and the murder of Peter Falconio, which occurred in the summer of 2001. Although the film only uses the real-life events as inspiration, the movie was marketed as being 'based on true events.'
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Interesting Weather Facts: Storms
7/19/10
-Information and Theories
When a tropical storm comes to town, it's time to head for cover. If you live in one particular state, then you must be on high alert. In this article, you will learn more about tropical storms, as well as about thunderstorms regarding the United States.
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All Strains of Flu Could Soon be a Memory
7/19/10
-Technology Articles
In short order every few years a new flu strain evolves that many say threatens to disrupt civilization as we know it. With super bug fears rising every year, some say the next superbug could be the one that finally mimics the Spanish flu and kills millions. Of course these diseases are often seen as nothing more than an inconvenience. But fear them or merely dislike them, a new vaccine may soon be available that removes the flu from our lives forever.
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China UFOs Make Another Appearance
7/19/10
-UFO and Alien Section
As China's UFO incidents gain in intensity and proximity to one another, yet another UFO appears over China to set off a weird month in an even stranger direction. The object is said to have caused quite a bit of confusion over Chingqing in what has been something several are finally starting to get used to hearing about in the news. China's UFO wave continues.
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Paralyzed Man Now A Miracle of Bionic Science
7/19/10
-Technology Articles
Every year the field of medical science closes the gap between humans and robots just a tiny step more in the name of providing patients with better lives. The miracles of science have now provided one paralyzed man a news lease on life, and may even save the lives of others as well. With bionic technology the patient is not only enjoying a new set of bionic legs, but a whole new way of living.
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UFO Cluster Follows Electrical Storm
7/19/10
-UFO and Alien Section
A witness submitting a report to MUFON has come forward saying he and several other witnesses spotted several mysterious object in the sky eerily flitting about and following a brewing electrical storm. The witness was working in his house when he was called out into his yard where somewhere around ten witnesses observed a strange sight.
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Meditation on Creating an Alien Race
7/19/10
-Meditation And Spirituality
If we take a moment to reflect on the matters of the paranormal without making any assumptions about their being real or imagined, we can take an unbiased look at “how” different realities would exist. There's a meditation exercise that better illustrates this by considering logically how an alien race would function and how other worlds could build societies based on their environments. To do so could be considered channeling, but the focus of this exercise would be primarily to use the imagination to stimulate your ability to work out an alternate reality scenario with as much precision as possible.
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Paris - City Built Upon A Tomb
7/19/10
-Information and Theories
Paris, France is a beautiful city aboveground with such monuments and locations of interest as the Eiffal Tower, but some tourists who visit wish to see the city's underworld. This is not, as it may seem a reference to a criminal organization residing within the city. There is an actual literal underworld resting beneath the busy city streets and extending far into the city like a series of catacombs.
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The Ice Woman of Lengby Minnesota
7/19/10
-Simply Unexplainable
Jean Hilliard was a normal 19 year old woman, but an incident in her home town of Lengby Minnesota was enough to make her a one in a million mystery woman after she was discovered completely frozen from head to tow. Her neighbor discovered her first and immediately rushed her to the hospital. What happened next would stick in the memory of all those present for the rest of their lives.
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Redding Witness Contemplates Alien Rapture
7/19/10
-UFO and Alien Section
A California witness reporting from the city of Redding has reported that on July 17, 2010 an object entered his field of vision that completely defied any explanation. As he was swimming shortly before sundown in a pool the witness observed an object that seemed at first to them like a conventional weather balloon. But as they watched, the object moved in ways that would completely defy explanation.
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Witness Asks "Was it a UFO or God?"
7/19/10
-UFO and Alien Section
A witness describing an event that took place July 17th posed this question in relation to what they saw. In New York's North County, the witness was relaxing at home in the city of Plattsburgh when they looked up and spotted the planet Venus accompanied by a strange object just slightly to the right from his position sitting in his back yard. As he watched, what happened next would make him start to wonder about his position in the universe.
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Fragment of True Cross Stolen from Cathedral
7/19/10
-Religion Articles
Investigators are now searching for the thief who stole a relic from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and left with the sacred artifact unseen. The missing piece of the cross was first spotted by a janitor while performing his duties. Artifacts such as the one stolen are said to be able to fetch a high price on the market, but without verification of the object's origin the thief will have a difficult time finding a buyer.
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Satellite 15 Mystery Floats On
7/19/10
-Technology Articles
Galaxy 15, the satellite that disobeyed commands and started heading toward other satellites much to the horror of those on the ground has been the source of a great deal of attention on the Internet in the past few weeks as the device continues to completely ignore input sent to it from the ground level. Still, those on the ground are attempting to reassure an interested public that there is nothing potentially dangerous about the device and the situation is under control.
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Flying Jellyfish Observed Over California
7/19/10
-UFO and Alien Section
A strange report of a flying glowing jellyfish dancing through the sky around midnight has been reported to the Mutual UFO Network's site on Sunday as a man and his family watched it. The strange object is quite an unusual encounter indeed, but there is some precedent to UFOs mimicking jellyfish as many have reported over the years. Still, this recent and bizarre encounter no doubt will have quite a lasting impression for the witnesses who observed it.
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Weather Facts: Through Sun and Fog
7/18/10
-Information and Theories
From the cities with the most number of sunny days per year to the locations that produce the foggiest days, sunbathers and travelers may want to learn more about the weather conditions mentioned in this article. Some of the locales discussed include Australia, Arizona, Seattle, and Canada.
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Weather Facts and Records: Wind
7/18/10
-Information and Theories
The winds of a hurricane, tornadoes and other weather phenomenon can reach great speeds – causing great damage to property and taking lives along the way. In this article, you will encounter some of the weather facts that deal with wind and clouds.
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Malaria Resistant Mosquito "Invented"
7/18/10
-Technology Articles
Scientists from the University of Arizona have genetically modified mosquito larvae so that malaria cannot affect it in the same way it would normal unmodified mosquitoes. The breakthrough promises to be one of the most incredible combatants against a disease that has devastated millions of lives. The Malaria virus is currently the primary cause of death for over 102 million people. But others are not so sure this modification is feasible or ethical. The debate will certainly be a controversial issue in coming years.
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BP Oil Spill Apocalypse Debated
7/18/10
-Information and Theories
How long was it before the BP oil spill became its own theory of the end of the world? What started as a simple typical doomsday theory has blossomed into a far more convincing and elaborate hoax backed not only by psychic doomsday prophets, but by harder sciences as well. But is this just another elaborate scare tactic set off by those craving attention? Or is there something more to it this time?
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A Ouija Board Writes Letters, A Ghost Box Calls
7/18/10
-Ghost And Paranormal
In the world of divination there are several different methods that allow spiritual communication with the beings that seem to inhabit the world between realms. One such device being used by paranormal enthusiasts and investigators alike known as the “Ghost Box” has been creating waves for skeptics and believers alike. The Ghost Box is gaining in popularity over the more traditional Ouija board as it not only allows users to see what an entity has to say, but to hear its voice as well.
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Small Objects Followed by Massive UFO
7/18/10
-UFO and Alien Section
A witness from Dayton Ohio has shared an event that would haunt them for years afterward as they observed an object in the sky in December of 1993. As the witness traveled with his girlfriend and her mother, suddenly an object appeared to them in the distance streaking across the sky and suddenly stopping before streaking to another point of sky and holding that position as well. The night's events were far from over as they got out of the car to look at the object, and the witness would remain silent about the event for almost 20 years before finally going public about it.
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Smart Clothes Getting Smarter
7/18/10
-Technology Articles
Since the dawn of recorded history, clothes have served human-kind by allowing protection from the elements, providing modest coverings, and then eventually allowing expression through fashion statements to allow a sort of “uniformed” expression. But now scientists have begun developing fibers that not only provide protection, comfort, and fashion. The new fibers being developed also allow a more complex form of communication and observation.
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