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47Bees in myths and legends
Bees have been around along time, at least a hundred million years. Their ancestors were wasps that ate other insects and the shift to collection pollen may have been triggered by eating insects covered in pollen: as if humans had eaten burgers for...
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70A gentle introduction to Beer
Perhaps the third most popular drink in the world and one of the oldest beer has been praised for its good effects and more often blamed for its bad effects. In moderation beer is good for you but in excess it is bad for you. The process of brewing is relatively simple though there are some potentially lethal pitfalls in the selection of materials.
0 comments76Choosing and using a consultant solution company
A consultant solutions company, also known as a management company, can handle 95% of the paperwork a freelance IT consultant (contractor) encounters and reduce the strain of compliance with multiple tax and regulatory regimes while legally minimising tax due. This article describes how a consultant solution can help the consultant, provides some ideas for interviewing the company and some pitfalls that may arise unless care is taken
2 comments68A Peculiar Poltergeist Pair
Two old poltergeist cases from different parts of the world are presented and reviewed, Both have an element of unrequited lust, both involve spirit voices. One involves a type of spirit with well known attributes but seems closer to accounts of demonic possession- though demons are probably not involved. The other seems to involve a spirit that fell in love with a young girl though the girl may have unconsciously created the spirit Neither case is resolved satisfactorila
3 comments70Hoaxes and Hoax Hoaxes
When investigating anomalies the possibility of a hoax is never far away. Two cases are considered that show uncovering a hoax is not enough. The hoax itself must be shown to be genuine and not another hoax. The case of the rhinoceros that may have emerged from the ice and the yellow polka dot monster are reexamined in the light of being skeptical about explaining anomalous events as hoaxes even where a hoax appears to be the best solution
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75Wine, its nature, history and gods
Wine has been around for nearly 8000 years and, used sensibly, is one of the major pleasures of life, being praised by Martin Luther. The varieties of grape wine are briefly presented and some hints to matching wine and food are given. Some of the more prominent wine gods are introduced and their similarities are tentatively attributed to a hangover.
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75On the possible existence of giant humans
The possible existence of giants in earlier times is a highly charged field with religion, atheism and scientific conservatism all in play. Solid evidence tends to vanish and the field is plagued by hoaxes. A tentative hypothesis for directing future research is that at one time a race of giant humanoids with a double row of teeth, twelve fingers and twelve toes was widespread on the earth. Further speculations are given but the case for and against ancient giants remains open.
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70A brief overview of paper
Paper is one of the most significant technologies humans have created. The main use for it is recording information from parking tickets to academic articles but other uses are equally important and include banknotes and toilet paper. Paper has transformed the world and this article is a high level overview of its history
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77Phantom Clowns
Phantom Clowns appeared worldwide ove a period of at least 30 years, causing panic but harming no one. No one was ever caught. In this they are like other mysterious strangers and assailants. If these clowns are in any sense real they need investigating and if they are group hallucination studying the phenomenon will teach us about ourselves
9 comments70Problems of a clockwork universe
In most religions, but especially those that worship books, the universe is a pale shadow of paradise. The invention of mechanical models of the movements of stars and planets led to the notion of the world as a machine. These two notions fused into the technocreationist idea that we are living in a computer simulation, and indeed ARE simulations. These two ideas have been used as tools of oppression and control. The notion of the world as machine has problems that are discussed here
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