none in the Philippines
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The Mayans in Georgia? more HERE.
Headsup TeaAtTrianon, and Archeoblog has the official report link.
and was a volcano to blame for the Mayan collapse?
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another artifact out of history: Syria's Alawites.
To orthodox Muslims, this eclectic synthesis of Christian, Gnostic, Neoplatonic and Zoroastrian thought violates Islam's key tenet that "there is no God but God."
the danger in Syria is that if the Islamicists take over, as they seem to be doing in Egypt, that unlike the Copts, the Alawites, Christians and Druze might fight back...leading to a slaughter ...
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52 reasons that Florida is the Zaniest state in the USA.
Headsup Davebarry.
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The five best books of history.
I'm not sure I agree, (I've only read two of them) but Tacitus is available at Librivox...
headsup HNN...
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Attention men: Make sure you are the first footer.
A custom known as "first footing" dictates that the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve will determine the homeowner's luck for the new year.
and don't forget the booze.
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The ideal visitor bears gifts—preferably whiskey, coal for the fire, small cakes, or a coin—and should be a man with a dark complexion. Why? The answer hearkens back to the 8th century, when the presumably fair-haired Vikings invaded Scotland: a blond visitor was not a good omen.
Here, we celebrate with firecrackers and fireworks.
The noise is so loud that George the killer watchdog usually fights with the other dogs to see who gets the best place hiding under the bed....
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