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In today’s world of gender tolerance and sexual equality, the idea of a woman disguising herself as a man to gain access to male dominated careers is not only highly unlikely but absurd. Yet such is the case from 853-855 CE in Rome …
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Giuseppe Tartini, a leading violinist of the 18th century, was reputed to have made a compact with the Devil in a dream.
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"Nothing in the world can ever make me believe that he was not once a living being. Why, you can see the veins in his legs."*
"This is not a thing contrived of man, but is the face of one who lived on the earth, the very image and child of God."*
(Observers of the Cardiff Giant.)
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In December 1932, a down and out Hungarian named Rezső Seress was trying to make a living as a songwriter in Paris, but failing miserably.
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Why is deception so prevalent? Is it possible to think more clearly and determine truth more reliably?
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In 1873, a dilettante historian named William Smith visited Lee Gap horse fair near Drewsbury, yorkshire and cam away convinced that he had seen a magician in action. He wrote in his diary:
