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Quoted: History Channel Ancient Aliens 2009 HD 720p part 1What if life on Earth began in outer space? Millions of people accept the theory that intelligent life form...

Quoted: Did you know that the word "Frisbee" is derived from Mary Frisbie, a woman who made pies in Connecticut? Or that "silhouette" originated with Etienne de Silhouette, an 18th century French finance minister? John Marciano shines light on these and many other etymological mysteries in Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words.

Her Story | A Timeline Of The Women Who Changed America. A pictorial and narrative timeline of influential women in America.

Quoted: Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambyses' army that vanished 2,500 years ago.

Quoted: This is a brief visual exploration of urban development in Moscow leading up to the October Revolution, focusing on aspects that may have influenced current public parks.

History lesson from Edward Luttwak, an expert in Byzantine history.

The Byzantine empire went on and on and on, using rules of statecraft whose wisdom resonates today. The article picks a baker's half-dozen of the author's favorites.

Quoted: Similarly, ancient Greek systems of thought, including the idea that human health depended on balancing warm, cold, moist, and dry humours, naturally led to Galen’s nutritional advice to restrict consumption of excessively dry foods in order to avoid “black bile.” How, then, do our contemporary medical beliefs and socio-cultural norms combine to exclude some nutritional possibilities, and reinforce others

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To get everyone in the Halloween spirit, here's my slideshow on cemeteries for MSN City Guides...

Quoted: Steeped in history and haunted tales, cemeteries are an integral part of American tradition. Take a photographic tour of 9 burial grounds ranging from somber to spooky.