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"'Congress shall make no law respecting an institution of religion.' -- The First Amendment to the Constitution
A Nativity scene (or a Menorah for that matter) is not a law, it is a decoration. And on that basis, even though I myself am an atheist, I do not have a problem with Nativity scenes on government property, other than they are a reminder that those are the people we are bombing to steal their oil.
I do draw the line at the Ten Commandments being on display on government buildings with its prohibitions against lying, theft, and killing, as that hostile work environment!" -- Michael Rivero
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During World War II, the Nazis sneaked in bombs into everyday items aboard British supply ships. They believed that by cutting off Britain’s supplies, they could starve them into submission.
From the birthplace of the lobotomy to a school for disabled children with "zoo-like" conditions, let's go behind the locked doors of history's worst institutions.
Based on the Alice books by Lewis Carroll and produced by the Walt Disney Productions, the 1951 Alice in Wonderland is a classic American animated musical fantasy.
The film features Kathryn Beaumont as the voice of Alice. Walt Disney was also impressed by her looks that he also chose her for the model of Alice.
The only predictable thing about the future is that it's unpredictable. Which is why it's never a good idea to doubt or dismiss the possibility of a 'futuristic' technology, especially when there are always brilliant innovators who aim towards the impossible.
Britain’s psychological warfare campaign against the Nazis pre-empted the information wars of the 21st century.
Moscow was once considered the third Rome, but in Vladimir Putin’s view it is more accurately the second Kyiv.
Rhodesia’s white minority declared unilateral independence from the UK in 1965, gaining covert support from France, Britain’s colonial rival in Africa.
Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85 by Robert Gildea is shaped more by heartbreak than heroism.
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During the 1950s, the inactivated polio vaccine created by Jonas Salk was made using rhesus monkeys that were infected with SV40, a monkey virus that was later linked to cancer in humans.
From 1955 to 1963, hundreds of millions of people worldwide — in North and South America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa — received the vaccines, which at the time were heralded as a medical breakthrough.