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Pre-Columbian Chinese Megaships Ruled The Seas, Then They Burned Them
Long before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, a Chinese admiral named Zheng He launched the greatest armada the world had ever seen: more ...
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Wrestler Goes from Cage Fighting to Global Missions
Justin Wren, an All-American wrestler in college, easily moved into the world of MMA or Mixed Martial Arts. But as his success and popularity skyrocketed, ...
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The Character of George Washington vs. Benedict Arnold
George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Both were dynamic men of action with unquestioned personal courage; both were driven by passionate ambition from ...
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Apps Track How We Fail to Keep New Year's Resolutions
Based on data from the online grocer FreshDirect, many customers fail to keep their New Year's Resolutions. The retailer recently reported that customers' ...
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New Titanic Tourist Attraction Will Allow Visitors to 'Experience' Its Sinking
Have you ever wanted to board a full-scale replica of the Titanic and experience a simulation of its sinking? No? Apparently some folks out there do—because ...
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Stats and Stories About New Year's Resolutions
The website Statistics Brain recently (October 2016) posted the following stats on New Year's Resolutions:
- Percent of Americans who usually make New Year's Resolutions—45%
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Competitiveness is a Better Motivator than Encouragement
If you've ever tried to find the motivation to start exercising more (around the New Year, perhaps), you have likely been encouraged to find a "workout ...
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Top CEO Dies Clutching Magazine that Featured Him
Colman Mockler is considered today as the model of an effective CEO. A Harvard Business School graduate with an MBA, he had gone to work for Gillette ...
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British Runner Completes His 401st Marathon
For many of us, running a marathon would be (or has been) a huge accomplishment. Twenty-six miles? That's impressive.
But then there's Ben Smith of Portishead, ...
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John Stott's Dying Wish
One of the greatest Christian leaders of the last century was John R. W. Stott, rector of All Souls Langham Place in London and a peerless preacher, Bible ...
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