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“Honestly, they're like our regular passengers…just a little bit more tired…with pillows.”

Are your leaders pointing you to Christ and leaving you in His hands, or are they centering themselves or the group? That is a big identifier of a cult.

When and where was chess invented and why is it still so popular around the world?

Reading up on witches? Check out this list of the best witch quotes, from books, movies, TV shows, and memoirs about witches.

Scientists used to think the curvature of the spine separated modern-day humans from extinct human species, but they just learned that Neanderthals had a huge spinal advantage that can be tapped into.

Emilia says, “I will play the swan, and die in music.” (Othello, v. 2.) Swans (Cygninae) are weighty, white long necked birds that live along the s...

In the US Congress the filibuster tactic is only feasible in the Senate. In the House of Representatives the speakers in a debate are under a time limit...

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. -From Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...

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Jinx 1. The symbol of bad luck. 2. Any person or thing superstitiously believed to attract bad luck. Sat Oct 14 2000 at 2:08:27 In grade school, whenever two people would say something at the same time, the first person of the two to call Jinx won. The loser would then not be able to talk for either the rest of the day or until someone said his/her name three times. There were many variations to this game: ten times Fri Dec 01 2000 at 12:36:26 Known Spacescience fiction stories. Niven never a...