The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3 released its report Tuesday. The report states that two new trends took shape during 2014: criminals increasingly taking advantage of personal data found on social…
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10 Unexpected Facts About Anger That Will Impress You
“Anger wells in the pit of your stomach as a mixture of fear and frustration. We get angry at our children, our bosses and ourselves for different reasons. Some of the following…
American Gothic Models Were Artist’s Sister and His Dentist
This familiar image was exhibited publicly for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago, winning a three-hundred-dollar prize and instant fame for Grant Wood. The impetus for the painting came…
C.S. Lewis’ Books Were Banned In China in 1931 Because Animals Talked
The novel, “Alice in Wonderland” was written by Lewis Carroll and published in 1865. C.S. Lewis is a pseudo name; his real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Carroll had many jobs including;…
Limit Cardio Workouts to Three Times a Week, and Don’t Do these other Exercises, Say Health Experts
Keep your cardio workouts to about three 30-minute sessions a week to preserve muscle mass, recommends Health Services at Columbia University. “More isn’t always better when it comes to cardio. An ideal…
Old West a Hotbed of Multiculturalism; A Wyoming Town had 56 Nationalities
The classic Hollywood picture of the West involves white, all-American tough guys teaming up with or fighting other American white guys, according to the ListVerse.com “Sure, you’ll get a few black people…
Artist Vincent Van Gogh Was a Preacher, Had Problems with the Ladies and Sold One Painting
In the winter of 1878, Bio states that Van Gogh, the preacher, volunteered to move to an impoverished coal mine in the south of Belgium, a place where preachers were usually sent…
The Sun Will Eventually Consume the Earth, Mercury and Venus and Other Facts
Eventually, the Sun will consume the Earth, according to Space-Facts.com When all the Hydrogen has been burned, the Sun will continue for about 130 million more years, burning Helium, during which time…
“Haka” a Ancestral War Cry Recently Performed as Farewell to Fallen Comrades
A “Haka” is an ancestral war cry originally performed by Maori warriors before going to battle. In a moving tribute, over 200 New Zealand soldiers from the 2nd and 1st Battalion of…
Artist Paul Gauguin’s Painting Tops the List of the 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold
A Paul Gauguin painting has sold for a reported $300m, making it the most expensive painting ever sold, according to a February 2015 story in The Guardian. “Previously, the most expensive painting…