Judges will no longer have to declare whether they are freemasons when they take office, Jack Straw, UK Justice Secretary, said yesterday. Jack Straw said it would be 'disproportionate' to continue to force judges to declare if they are freemasons. He explains his decision today in a written mini... Read more...
Olaudah Equiano (Gustavas Vassa) was captured as a slave from Nigeria in West Africa as a child and served under serveral masters in the Caribbean and America. He was owned for a short period by a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker Merchant and slave dealer named Robert King, who belonged to Arch Street ... Read more...
By Grove Harris Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 2010 packs a celestial punch with a full moon and a full lunar eclipse, visible in the Americas if we're lucky enough to have a clear sky and energetic enough to be up. The eclipse will be visible after midnight EST, reaching it's maximum at 3:15 a.m.... Read more...
Sarah Baartman (1789-1815), also known as Saartjie Baartman or the Hottentot Venus, was an African woman who became a sideshow in London and Paris. She was almost completely naked and had a very large behind, even for the part of Africa she came from – near Cape Town in South Africa. Those wh... Read more...
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A new study brings researchers one step closer to unraveling a medical mystery that has perplexed scientists for thousands of years: What causes people to stutter? Research appearing in Wednesday's New England Journal of Medicine reveals three genetic mutations in the brain cells of people who st... Read more...
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