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In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the popularity of xianxia, a captivating genre within Chinese TV fantasy dramas, novels, and animation. This rise has not only captivated audiences in China, but has also resonated with viewers around the globe. Many drama watchers are discovering this genre, and if you’re one of ...
Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of American President Abraham Lincoln, had her photo taken in 1872. Behind her, there’s a faint, white, semi-transparent figure with an arm around her shoulder. Strikingly, it bears a resemblance to President Lincoln. However, President Lincoln had been assassinated seven years earlier in 1865. How can this be explained? The Lincoln ...
You’ve probably heard of the legendary Nikola Tesla. Tesla was a science genius, known as “the man who created the 20th century.” In his life, he developed and held more than 700 patents on his own and collaborated in the development of more than 1,000 items. Tesla said that his inventions and creations did not ...
On the island of Barbados sits the quaint Christ Church Parish. It’s much like any other church, complete with a quiet graveyard, the final resting place for many of the island’s inhabitants. However, not all of its residents are at rest; one tomb called the “Chase Vault” is anything but at rest. The Chase Vault has ...
There is an age-old debate about whether plants have consciousness and whether plants have a mind to think. Until recently, the debate about the soul and mind of plants was one left for religious circles. The Backster experiment that indicated plants have consciousness One day in February 1966, Cleve Backster, a former senior CIA polygraph ...
There is a story in China about how a woman received a miraculous blessing from a beggar for her great compassion. Locals are still benefitting from this miraculous blessing. In China, at the foot of a mountain in Yidao County, Hubei Province, there are three mountain springs that gush out continuously. People living on the ...