Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He is most famous for his book Les Propheties, which consists of rhymed quatrains (4‑line poems) grouped into sets of 100, called Centuries. Nostradamus - Biography. Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France in December 1503, Michel de Nostredame was the son of a grain dealer who was also a prosperous home-grown notary. His family wa ...

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Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history, including the French Revolution, the atom bomb, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Indeed, they regularly make similar claims regarding each new world crisis as it comes along, for the most part shamelessly twisting either the words or the events to fit (see specific examples below). The tradition goes right back to Nostradamus' own ...

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Nostradamus, Nostradamus - Life, Nostradamus - Childhood, Nostradamus - Student years, Nostradamus - Marriage and healing work, Nostradamus - The seer, Nostradamus - Final years and death, Nostradamus - Methods, Nostradamus - Works, Nostradamus - Hazards of interpretation, Nostradamus - Misquotes and hoaxes, Nostradamus - Nostradamus in popular culture, Nostradamus - Television, Nostradamus - Film, Nostradamus - Music, Nostradamus - Comics, Nostradamus - Games, Nostradamus - Sources, Nostradamus - External links

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Recent knowledge indicates that Nostradamus may have been in contact with the Mayan Elders in his development of certain skills in his extensive wisdom of astrology and predictions. This radical theory along with much interesting knowledge about the great Seer is featured in this article.

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On December 28, 1918, a completely fictional article titled "A Neglected Anniversary" by H.L. Mencken was published in the New York Evening Mail. It was an account of the introduction of the bathtub into the United States, claiming it had been introduced as recently as 1842. The article also claimed that the bathtub had only been introduced in England in 1828. The article went on to describe that the introduction of the bathtub initially was greatly discussed and opposed, until the example of President Millard Fillmore who had a bathtub installed in the White House ...

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Proponents of the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations allege that the Apollo Moon Landings never took place, and were faked by NASA with possible CIA support. According to a 1999 Gallup poll, about 6 percent of the population of the U.S. has doubts that the Apollo astronauts walked on the moon. "Although, if taken literally, 6 percent translates into millions of individuals," Gallup said of this, "it is not unusual to find about that many people in the typical poll agreeing with almost any question that is asked of them -- so the best inter ...

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• Apollo moon landing hoax accusations - Stanley Kubrick
• Apollo moon landing hoax accusations - Deaths of key people involved with the Apollo program
• Apollo moon landing hoax accusations - Observing the landing sites
• Apollo moon landing hoax accusations - NASA's rebuttal cancelled
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Keyword may mean: Keyword (computer), an identifier in a computer language that indicates a specific command Keyword (linguistics), a word that occurs with unexpected frequency in a text Keyword (America Online), an addressing scheme used on America Online as an alternative to URLs A word describing a concept found in a document such as a Web page, constituting part of the metadata for the document This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Diction

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A quotation is a fragment of a human expression that has been inserted into another human expression. It is most often a written or oral fragment and in such cases it is also called a quote. This latter type of quotation is almost always taken from literature, though speech transcripts, film dialogues, and song lyrics are also common and valid sources. Besides this, a quotation can also refer to the use of a piece of other artistic works —elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition— in ...

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Valerio Evangelisti (June 20, 1952, Bologna) is one of the most popular Italian writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He is known mainly for his series of novels featuring Nicolas Eymerich inquisitor and the Nostradamus thrilogy, all bestsellers translated in many languages. Evangelisti's outuput has striking similarities to that of the New Weird writers. Valerio Evangelisti - Biography. Evangelisti earned his degree in Political Science in 1976 with a historical-political thesis. He lives ...

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"A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "Quelques arpents de neige") is a quotation from Voltaire popularly understood to be a sneering evaluation of New France's — and, by extension, Canada's — lack of mercantile value and strategic importance to France. It is regularly quoted by Canadians and particularly Quebecers who want to prove that Canada is worth much more than Voltaire's dismissive perception. Poet Louis-Honoré Fréchette paid himself a revenge on Voltaire in his poem "Sous la statue de Voltaire" (" ...

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"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in April 1962, and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It is a premier example of the protest song, posing as it does philosophical questions about peace, war, and freedom. Its popularity and timelessness can perhaps be attributed to the fact that while the song asks these questions, it does not refer specifically to any particular political event. It has been covered by hundreds of artists. Just a few of the better-known acts who have done so ...

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William Short can refer to: Willam J. Short was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Willam Short was the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta. Other related archivesEdmonton, Alberta, Manitoba, Willam J. Short, Willam Short

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Cycling shorts are shorts designed for cycling. Historically cycling shorts have been made of black wool and had a leather chamois. Most modern cycling shorts are made of lycra and contain a synthetic chamois in the seat and crotch area. They are usually worn without underwear. The function of the chamois is to absorb moisture, thus preventing chaffing and rashes, thereby increasing a cyclist's comfort and endurance. ...

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The art of quotation is fraught with difficulties. If the source of a quotation is not given it can lead readers to think that the author using the quotation originated the thought or that he is being dishonest. Some people are thought to have said certain things, but there is no evidence of these words in any of their surviving writings: when this is the case, the words have merely to be attributed to them. Many quotations are routinely incorrect or attributed to the wrong authors, and quotations from obscure writers are often attributed to ...

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Google's hoaxes - 2000: Google MentalPlex. Google announced a new "MentalPlex" search technology that supposedly read the user's mind to determine what the user wanted to search for, thus eliminating the step of actually typing in the search query. Of its origins, Google comments that "As with the Internet itself, MentalPlex began as a highly classified Dept. of Defense initiative under the direction of Al Gore." [1] In the FAQ, Google co-founder Larry Page said that "typing in queries is so 1999." In reality, cl ...

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During certain events and at particular times of year, hoaxes are perpetrated by many people and groups. The most famous of these is certainly April Fool's Day, which is open season for pranks and dubious announcements. A New Zealand tradition is the capping stunt, wherein university students perpetrate a hoax upon an unsuspecting population. The Acts are traditionally executed near graduation (the "capping"). Mexico and many Spanish-speaking countries have Innocent's Day, on December 28, to make "innocent" a person with jokes ...

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Some critics of Freemasonry say that although the Taxil Hoax was a 'sting' against the Church in France because of its teachings regarding Freemasonry, its modern usage by American Freemasonry in the context of rebutting quotations of Albert Pike's alleged letter to the 23 Supreme Councils of the world on the 'Luciferian Doctrine' is in reality an attempt to confound and confuse the issue of Freemasonry and Lucifer, especially in regard to references to it in Masonic writings. The critics say that the alleged Pike letter is not taken from an ...

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Taxil hoax, Taxil hoax - Taxil and Freemasonry, Taxil hoax - The Luciferian Quote, Taxil hoax - Conflicting view, Taxil hoax - Literature

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Each reporter told the story to his particular newspaper editor with the utmost earnestness and apparent honesty, which obviously convinced the editors. The next day, all four major Denver newspapers, the Times, Post, Republican, and Rocky Mountain News featured it on the front page. On the Times, as well as the other three papers, this was a typical headline: GREAT CHINESE WALL DOOMED! PEKING SEEKS WORLD TRADE! Although the Denver papers dropped the story after a few days, the story di ...

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Great Wall of China hoax, Great Wall of China hoax - Origins of the hoax, Great Wall of China hoax - The hoax comes to life, Great Wall of China hoax - China: the tinder box, Great Wall of China hoax - The Rebellion and aftermath, Great Wall of China hoax - Conclusions

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The hoax began when four Denver newspaper reporters – Al Stevens, Jack Tournay, John Lewis and Hal Wilshire – met by chance at Denver's Union Station. Each had been waiting at the station hoping to see a celebrity or someone of prominence who could provide them with a subject for their next news stories. Seeing no celebrities and frustrated with no story in sight and deadlines due, Stevens remarked, "I don't know what you guys are going to do, but I'm going to fake it. It won't hurt anybody, so what the Devil." The other three men agreed to concoct a story and walked o ...

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Great Wall of China hoax, Great Wall of China hoax - Origins of the hoax, Great Wall of China hoax - The hoax comes to life, Great Wall of China hoax - China: the tinder box, Great Wall of China hoax - The Rebellion and aftermath, Great Wall of China hoax - Conclusions

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The quote most frequently associated with the Taxil Hoax reads: That which we must say to the world is that we worship a god, but it is the god that one adores without superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: The masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the higher degrees, maintained in the Purity of the Luciferian doctrine. If Lucifer were no ...

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Taxil hoax, Taxil hoax - Taxil and Freemasonry, Taxil hoax - The Luciferian Quote, Taxil hoax - Conflicting view, Taxil hoax - Literature

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