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6 Ways Reading a Book Beats Reading Digitally, Hands Down

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Getting lost in a book is one of life's greatest pleasures, but is a digital book just as pleasurable as a paper book? And which format is the best for learning?

14 People Who Vanished Without a Trace

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One day they were here and the next they simply disappeared. What happened to these 14 people? Will we ever know what happened to them or will their fates be unsolved forever?

The Light and Airy Lyre Has Plucked Its Way Through the Ages

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The lyre is a small U-shaped harp that has appeared all over the world, from the ancient Greco-Roman culture, to India, Africa and beyond. Do people still play this ancient stringed instrument?

Is Space Tourism Worth It?

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Today, Blue Origin flew its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three others into space, a week after Virgin Galactic flew its billionaire founder Richard Branson on the same mission. Will space tourism be more than a millionaire's hobby?

How Nearest Green Taught Jack Daniel to Make Whiskey

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This enslaved man taught an orphaned Daniel the secret of making the smoothest Tennessee whiskey. In turn, Green became the company's first master distiller.

EPCOT Was Walt Disney's Radical Vision for a New Kind of City

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EPCOT was Walt Disney's "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow." But it didn't actually turn out the way he had envisioned it.

How White America Tried to Eliminate Chinese Restaurants in the Early 1900s

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In the early 20th century, the white establishment considered Chinese restaurants a threat. HowStuffWorks explains the war on Chinese restaurants.

The 10 Greatest Car Designers In Automotive History

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Car brands are famous the world over. People everywhere can identify an Aston Martin or a Lamborghini. Most people even have an idea what infamous cars such as the Lada and Peugeot look like. But did you ever stop to think about who designs the cars we all know and love? Unlike fashion designers who [...] The post The 10 Greatest Car Designers In Automotive History appeared first on Goliath.

Theseus Slew the Minotaur, But Was He a Hero or a Villain?

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Theseus was the mythical founder-hero of Athens and the slayer of the Poseidon-cursed man-bull known as the Minotaur. "Olympians" author George O'Connor reflects on Theseus, a difficult mythological hero to love.

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