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The Birth Control of Yesteryear

Approximately 2,600 years ago-- around 630 BCE-- the Greek island of Thera was plagued by drought and overpopulation....
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 May 2007 • Read →
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Terror on Wall Street

On 16 September 1920, throngs of brokers, clerks, and office workers poured from the buildings lining New York City's...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 May 2007 • Read →
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Bad Blood in Tuskegee

Early in the twentieth century, the medical community was practically helpless in its battle against syphilis. The c...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Project Alpha and the Spoon Benders

In the late 1960s, a young Israeli man named Uri Geller gained a substantial amount of attention and fame following a...
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Submersible Aircraft Carriers

On 09 September 1942, at about 6:00am Pacific War Time, a lookout on the US Oregon coast spotted a single incoming ai...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Apr 2007 • Read →
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The Fall of the Eastland

At a pier on the Chicago River on 24 July 1915, as the passenger steamer SS Eastland prepared to embark across lake M...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Farewell Dossier

In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security--known internationally as the KGB--celebrated the pr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Flying Saucers of North America

Under the cover of darkness on 07 October 1959, a convoy of military vehicles escorted a flatbed truck through the ab...
Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Chuck Bonnet and the Hallucinations

On Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a common but not commonly known hallucination disorder
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Davy Crockett: King of the Atomic Frontier

On 17 July 1962, a caravan of scientists, military men, and dignitaries crossed the remote desert of southern Nevada...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Feb 2007 • Read →
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