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Today’s wrestling is as fake as Kim Kardashian’s wedding vows, but that wasn’t always the case. In fighting rings of previous centuries, manly men engaged in mortal combat, but none …
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Joseph Scriven’s Friend
When a lifeless body was pulled from the dark waters of a lake near Dublin, Ireland, Joseph Scriven’s world turned upside down. It was his fiancée, the woman he was …
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A Legacy of Love
Plagues were fairly common in ancient times, and the microscopic germs that caused them could do more damage than an advancing army. In 260 AD, an outbreak of disease struck …
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Final Flight of the Red Baron
Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was the most feared soldier of World War I. He became a top ace with more confirmed kills than any other …
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Is Houdini Really Dead?
On Sunday, October 31, 1926, at precisely 1:26pm, a man named Ehrich Weiss died in a hospital room in Detroit, Michigan surrounded by his siblings, his wife, and a few …
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The Death of Elijah Lovejoy
On a cold winter night in 1837, famed abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy challenged an angry mob of slave holders, racists, and corrupt officials. His campaign against slavery had already cost …
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“Dutch” to the Rescue
Omaha Beach was a mess on the morning of June 6, 1944; unspeakable horror was evident everywhere along the deadly stretch of sand. The chaos was so severe that the …
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B.C.’s Impact on A.D.
Johnny Hart died at his drawing table on Saturday, April 7, 2007. It was fitting that the artist passed away on Easter weekend that year; after all, the Easter message …
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John’s patience for crossing New York City on foot finally ran out so he flagged down a cab and crawled in. Once they got underway, John tapped the driver on …
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Preaching to Passive Pastors
At a pastor’s conference in Scotland in 1865, Hudson Taylor, the mighty missionary to China, was given the opportunity to address 2,000 pastors about his work. Sadly, many churches in …
