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            <![CDATA[  The Happy Now   ]]>
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            <![CDATA[  Covering a wide range of positive topics to help escape the crazy world.  Such as crafting, gaming, diy, fitness, meditation, food, local events and travel.   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[  All About Crabs: How Many Exist, What We Eat, and the Weirdest Ones on Earth   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ From the 6,700 species of crabs worldwide to the most edible favorites and the strangest giant and deep-sea crabs ever discovered, this is the complete guide to crabs.  ]]>
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                Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:25:38 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The Oregon Vortex: Gravity-Defying Illusions and Mysteries in Gold Hill   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Discover the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, Oregon—a legendary “House of Mystery” where gravity seems to shift, people change height, and reality bends in baffling ways.  ]]>
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                Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:33:44 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Antarctic Ice Shelf Reveals Never-Before-Seen Seafloor Ecosystem   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ In January, a giant piece of ice broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, revealing a seafloor ecosystem that has never been accessible to humans.  ]]>
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                Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:17:55 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Archeologists Make New Discoveries in Pompeii Ruins   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Mount Versuvius still towers above the ruins of Pompeii and scientists say the most important dig in a century is taking place.  ]]>
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                Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:26:41 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Discovering "Dark" Oxygen – How Oxygen Is Produced in the Deep Sea   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ A discovery in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean is challenging the scientific consensus of how oxygen is produced and has even called into question how life on Earth began.  ]]>
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                Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:13:41 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Sindarin (Elvish Language)   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Sindarin is the most commonly spoken Elvish language in Middle-earth and was based on Welsh and other Celtic languages. Sindarin was the language of the Grey Elves or the Elves who remained in Middle-earth after the First Age, who Tolkien described as a sub-group of the Teleri.  ]]>
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                Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:32:58 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Ubbi dubbi   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language. Originating in America in the 17th century, it was popularized by the 1972–1978 PBS children's show Zoom.  ]]>
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                Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:22:51 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Deciphering the Ancient Scrolls of Herculaneum   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Nearly two-thousand years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried the ancient city of Herculaneum, and with it, a library full of ancient papyrus scrolls. In 2018, Bill Whitaker reported on an international race to unravel the scrolls' secrets.  ]]>
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                Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:30:42 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  Floating Cities as an Innovative Response to Climate Change   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Sea levels are rising due to climate change. Many coastal cities are at growing risk of flooding. Architects are trying to react to this development with new ideas, such as floating cities. But this concept is not without its problems.  ]]>
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                Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:25:45 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  Manatees Finally Return to These Restored Florida Rivers   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, the community rallied to restore the river and save the animals that call it home.  ]]>
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                Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:27:31 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  900 Year Old Viking Church   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Hopperstad Stave Church in Vik in Sogn dates from around 1130. When the new church was built in 1877 the stave church was sold to the National Trust of Norway (Fortidsminneforeningen). During its long life, Hopperstad Stave Church has experienced both periods of decline and a wonderful restoration in the 1880’s by the architect Peter Blix.  ]]>
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                Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:02:35 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  What Did People Do Before Anesthesia?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Trace the history of anesthesia from the 3rd century to today, and explore how doctors performed surgery before anesthetic drugs.  ]]>
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                Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:14:44 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Why Hurricane Categories Make a Difference   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ During a hurricane you usually hear meteorologists refer to its intensity by categories. If you don't know the difference between a category 1 and a category 5 hurricane, The Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Elliot breaks it down for you.  ]]>
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                Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:57:05 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  How 4 Million Fossils Are Excavated At La Brea Tar Pits   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Excavators at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum work to dig up fossils of mammoths, dire wolves, giant sloths and more out of the ground.  ]]>
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                Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:46:35 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  How Is Liquid Egg "Made"?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ A look at how liquid eggs are processed at Willamette Egg Farm.  ]]>
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                Wed, 03 Aug 2022 10:36:51 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?  ]]>
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                Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Is there life after death?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Death is inevitable for all known living things. However on the question of what, if anything, comes after life, the most honest answer is that no one knows.  ]]>
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                Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Spectacular Tiny House Boat with The Most STUNNING Interior!   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Pax is a tiny float home that was lovingly restored and renovated by Jason and Cayley over the course of a year and a half.  It was one of 25 boats built in Victoria, Canada for Expo '86 but it had fallen into disrepair.   With some incredible woodwork and craftsmanship by the pair, respectively a shipwright and a carpenter, it's now an absolutely stunning 1 bedroom home on the water!!  ]]>
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                Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:07:02 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  The Orphaned Girl Who Invented Chanel   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Chanel is a French luxury fashion house that was founded by couturière Coco Chanel in 1910. It focuses on women's ready-to-wear clothes, luxury goods and accessories.  ]]>
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                Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:31:05 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  The History Timline Of Cartier   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Most big fashion and jewelry design houses didn’t start out as big multinational affairs. In fact, almost all of them began through a special combination of skills and endurance. This is the Cartier story.  ]]>
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                Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:29:09 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Who was Francis Bacon?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 1st Viscount St Alban, PC, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as contributing to the scientific method and remained influential through the later stages of the scientific revolution.  ]]>
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                Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:19:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  The History of the Wine Glass   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Ever wonder how the wine glass came to be?  It's shape?  In this video you will hear about it's history and make a nice Sangria.  ]]>
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                Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  How It's Made: Mayonnaise   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Mayonnaise, colloquially referred to as "mayo", is a thick, cold, and creamy sauce or dressing commonly used on sandwiches, hamburgers, composed salads, and French fries. It also forms the base for various other sauces, such as tartar sauce, fry sauce, remoulade, salsa golf, and rouille.   Watch how it's made and then try doing it yourself!  It's unbelievable simple with only a few ingredients you likely already have.  ]]>
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                Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Saint Helena: Breathtaking Nature in One of the Most Remote Places on Earth   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The small island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic is home to unique fauna and flora. Many of the more than 400 species living here are found nowhere else in the world. To ensure that it stays that way, the inhabitants are committed to preserving biodiversity in extraordinary ways.  ]]>
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                Fri, 20 May 2022 11:42:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  What is Cryogenics?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Cryonics (from Greek: κρύος kryos meaning 'cold') is the low-temperature freezing (usually at −196 °C or −320.8 °F or 77.1 K) and storage of human remains, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future. Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the mainstream scientific community.  ]]>
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                Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Winchester Mystery House   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester.  ]]>
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                Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  The Legend of the Bell Witch   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided with his family along the Red River in an area currently near the town of Adams.  ]]>
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                <![CDATA[  Canary Islands   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Wind and water transported pioneer seeds, insects and animals to the isolated islands. They created the diversity and distribution of life here, with microclimates like the world’s only surviving temperate cloud forests. Animals and plants evolved unique features to survive in these lands. The result is startling encounters with eccentric birds and with majestic whales!  ]]>
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                Fri, 06 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Leprechaun: From Gold-Loving Cobbler to Cultural Icon   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Leprechauns are associated with St. Patrick’s Day and Irish culture, but do you know why? The jovial, red-haired little man dressed in green standing next to a pot of gold is a modern invention—the diminutive faerie folk was once more popularly known for their role as tricksters and expert cobblers. In this episode, you’ll learn how ancient Irish mythology, Irish immigration, and some crafty marketing resulted in one of our most recognizable folkloric figures.  ]]>
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                Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Existentialism in 8 Minutes: What Life Is Good For?   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ If you’ve ever caught yourself questioning existence, our place in the universe, or even asked yourself what the meaning of life is, then you have taken part in existential philosophy. But what exactly is existentialism?  ]]>
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                Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meanings   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ In a new book about African American foodways, author Rafia Zafar chronicles the influence of black cooks on the way we eat. Slaves and recently freed people were highly respected for their talents in the kitchen. Some notable cooks even published cookbooks as far back as the 1800s. The cookbooks reveal much about the lives of their authors and the relevance of their recipes to this day.  ]]>
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                Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Fredrick Douglas Opie, associate professor of history and director of the African Diaspora Studies Program at Marist College, discusses his book, Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America. Opie's culinary history is a portrait of the social and religious relationship between African Americans and their cuisine. It begins with the Atlantic slave trade and concludes with the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.  ]]>
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                Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  CDC Museum   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The David J. Sencer CDC Museum, often referred to as the CDC Museum, is museum about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention located in Atlanta, Georgia. The museum is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.  ]]>
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                Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400
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                <![CDATA[  The History Of Beer   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ There's nothing quite like a refreshing pint of beer, but did you know there is 10,000 years of history in this glass?  ]]>
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                Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  What Native American Tribes Were Eating In the Old West   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The creativity with which Native American groups brought ingredients together reflected an awareness of and respect for the environment. When it comes to what kind of foods Native Americans ate in the past, their meals were often about both sustenance and ceremony.  ]]>
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                Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  How a 14th Century King Crowned His Corpse Bride Queen   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The tragic romance between Inês de Castro and Dom Pedro of Portugal caused a civil war and ended with the nobility kissing the hand of a dead woman. In the 14th century, Inês de Castro's affair with and secret marriage to the heir to Portugal's throne enraged Dom Pedro's father, who hired men to slay her.  ]]>
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                Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  What It Was Like Being a Sex Worker In 18th Century London   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ What is a molly boy? In the 18th century, Londoners began calling young gay men and male pros "molly boys," using the term as a derogatory term for those men they found effeminate or soft.  ]]>
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                Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The History of Tea   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Today Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world after water. Global consumption of tea is forecasted to reach 297 billion liters by 2021.  ]]>
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                Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The History Of Chocolate   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Where does chocolate come from? Who first made chocolate? The History of Chocolate is a long and interesting story. From its beginnings in Mesoamerica all the way up to Swiss inventors tinkering away with it in cottages in the Alps.  ]]>
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                Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  1666: The Great Fire of London   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall.  ]]>
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                Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  When the British burned the White House   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Two hundreds years ago British forces attacked the Washington, D.C., and torched its landmarks. Mo Rocca goes back in time to one of the most devastating days in U.S. history.  ]]>
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                Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The Great Chicago Fire of 1871   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.  ]]>
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                Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The Woman Who Tricked People Into Thinking She Was Anastasia   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was Czar Nicholas II's youngest daughter and a member of the Russian Imperial Romanov family.  ]]>
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                Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:12:24 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The Palace of Versailles   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ A former royal residence located in Versailles, about 12 miles west of Paris, France.  ]]>
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                Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  The Necronomicon   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ All You Need to Know About the Worlds Most Dangerous Book  ]]>
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                Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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                <![CDATA[  Building a Secret Underground House and Pool   ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Now, this is all done by hand over a two week period.  Watch these amazing guys and their process.  ]]>
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                Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500
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