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The babies born between 1965 and 1970 were historic. They were part of the highest global population growth rate ever achieved, 2.1 percent a year. As Joel Cohen writes, Human population never grew with such speed before the 20th century and is never agai

The influence of Arabic and Islamic philosophy on Judaic thought has never been studied as a whole: as a matter of fact, in recent times it has not yet been the object of a comprehensive and detailed analysis, apart from that made in a general article (Zo

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Li,Ching-Yuen or Li,Ching-Yun was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor. He claimed to be born in 1734, while disputed records suggest 1677. Both alleged lifespans of 197 and 256 years far exceed the longest confirmed lifespan of 122 ye

What would drive anyone to do anything so insane? Take a look at some exclusive behind-the-scene pics and facts unearthed to make your blood run cold...

After years of lying unused, a historic tunnel complex built in 1940 can be bought for $7.4 million.

THE DEVIL WE KNOW Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower By Robert Baer. A review of Baer's new book and Baer's thesis that Iran will be the inevitable new superpower in the Middle East. Baer recommends that the US accept Iran's super power status.

The oldest person in the world, a woman who grew up on an Indiana farm and lived to be 115, died the day before Thanksgiving in a nursing home down the road from Indianapolis .

Of all the founders of this country, Thomas Jefferson best represented the American ideal that has manifest itself in great men since the founding of the United States.

A church official says the clergyman credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance has died in Alexandria, Pa. The Rev. George M. Docherty was 97.