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Unusual depiction of a religious figure - Icon-caviar. Icon-caviar by Alexander Kosolapov was a representation of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus Christ and used caviar as its medium. It was taken down from the New Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow after they received complaints. [7] ...

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The $1 bill ceased printing in 1989 after the release of the loonie (in 1987) had been successful. These bills are virtually never seen in circulation today. The most recent banknote series that included the $1 note was the 1969-1979 Series, "Scenes of Canada," with the $1 note released in 1974, coloured green. The front featured a portrait of the Queen; the back featured an image of Parliament Hill from across the ...

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The $2 bill ceased printing in 1996 on the release of the toonie, which replaced it after a few years. Some are still seen, but they are very rare in general circulation. The most recent banknote series that included the $2 note was released in 1986 (the "Birds of Canada" series), in which the two was a terra-cotta colour. The front featured a portrait of the Queen; the back featured a meadow scene with two robins. ...

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The $1,000 bills are no longer printed, but are still used by banks and casinos occasionally. The denomination was withdrawn in the early 2000s on the advice of the Solicitor General and the RCMP, as it was often used for money laundering. The most recent printing of the bill was released in 1992, and was reddish-purple in colour. The front featured a portrait of the Queen; the back featured a winter scene with two pine grosbeaks. The $1000 note ...

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Interest in EVP apparently began in the 1920s. In a Scientific American interview, Thomas Edison was quizzed on his views regarding contacting the dead. Edison (who seems to have held no strong religious belief), opined that no one knows if "our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere" but he also speculated that "it is possible to construct an apparatus which will be so delicate that if there are personalities in another existence or sphere who wish to get in touch with us in this existence or sphere, this apparatus will ...

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The quality, volume and durations of recordings are said to be increased by using a sound source placed within audible distance of the microphone during recording. Typically this would be a radio tuned to between stations so only white noise is audible; the theory being that this provides an acoustic basis for the voices to be constructed from, similar to vocoder technology. An alternative explanation is that the white noise provides random sounds that may be interpreted as voices by people who expect or want to hear voices. This expl ...

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The most acceptable explanation for those experimenters in the EVP/ITC field is that they are in contact with human spirits who are said to have survived the deaths of their physical bodies and are now living in etheric form on other planes of existence or in other dimensions. Most long time researchers in this field will also agree that they have been in contact, at one time or another, with various astral entities who claim to have never incarnated as humans on the earthly plane. These types of entities are often times described as ...

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Most accounts of Nessie's appearance, including historical ones, indicate a creature resembling the long-extinct plesiosaur. Actual fossil evidence for this Mesozoic creature shows it to have been physically large, with a long neck and tiny head, with flippers for propulsion. The alleged connection of this creature with the Loch Ness monster has made it a popular topic in the field of cryptozoology. However, most scientists suggest the idea that the Loch Ness Monster is a remnant of the Mesozoic era is highly unlikely; there would need to be ...

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Loch Ness Monster - Evidence for. Some have argued a history of "monster" sightings in the loch provides circumstantial evidence supporting the creature's existence. Note that the validity and origins of these stories have been challenged, along with any "history" predating the early 1930s. In the early 1970s, a group led by American patent lawyer Dr. Robert Rines obtained some underwater photographs. One was a vague image, perhaps of a rhomboid flipper (others have argued the object could be air bubbles o ...

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Loch Ness Monster - Ancient. Rumours of a monster or animal living in the loch are claimed by believers to have been known for several centuries, though others have questioned the accuracy or relevance of such tales, which were generally unheard of before the 1960s, when a strong wave of interest in legitimizing Nessie's 1930s-based history began. The earliest claimed reference is taken from the Life of St. Columba by Adamnan. It describes how in 565 Columba saved the life of a Pict, who was being s ...

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In 1935, the Bank of Canada comemmorated the silver jubilee of King George V with a special $25 note. As with other bills of the period, a version in each language was printed. This was a limited release that was never printed in large quantities. The bill was coloured an appropriate royal purple; both the King and his consort Queen Mary were featured, with Windsor Castle appearing on the back. ...

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Despite disputes as to the veracity of the legend, the Virgin of Guadalupe has proved very popular in Mexico over the years. A church was built in 1533, dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thereafter, Spanish missionaries used the story of her appearance to help convert millions of indigenous people in what had been the Aztec Empire. Our Lady of Guadalupe still underpins the faith of Catholics in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, and she has been recognised as patron saint of Mexico City since 1737 with her patronage extended piece by pi ...

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The Holy See has officially confirmed the apparitions at Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Pontmain, Beauraing, Banneux, and Knock. However, the vast majority of Marian apparitions cannot be confirmed because usually it is only a few people that see her. The exception to this is Zeitoun, where thousands claimed to have seen her over a period of three years. Marian apparations are criticized by many non-believers as being t ...

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By current estimates, the book originally had 272 pages in 17 quires of 16 pages each [2]. Only about 240 vellum pages remain today, and gaps in the page numbering (which seems to be later than the text) indicate that several pages were already missing by the time that Voynich acquired it. A quill pen was used for the text and figure outlines, and colored paint was applied (somewhat crudely) to the figures, possibly at a later date. See also:

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The history of the manuscript is still full of gaps, especially in its earliest part.[3] Since the manuscript's alphabet does not resemble any known script, and the text is still undeciphered, the only useful evidence as to the book's age and origin are the illustrations — especially the dress and hairstyles of the human figures, and a couple of castles that are seen in the diagrams. They are all characteristically European, and based on that evidence most experts assign the book to dates between 1450 and 1520. This e ...

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This is a list of some of the more noteworthy Marian apparitions. The veracity of these claims is difficult to establish and not all have been approved by the Catholic Church. This is a complete list of Marian apparitions in Excel File [1] PDF File [2] ...

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Loch Ness Monster - Evidence for. Some have argued a history of "monster" sightings in the loch provides circumstantial evidence supporting the creature's existence. Note that the validity and origins of these stories have been challenged, along with any "history" predating the early 1930s. In the early 1970s, a group led by American patent lawyer Robert Rines obtained some underwater photographs. One was a vague image, perhaps of a rhomboid flipper (others have argued the object could be air bubbles or a ...

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Loch Ness Monster - Ancient. Rumours of a monster or animal living in the loch are claimed by believers to have been known for several centuries, though others have questioned the accuracy or relevance of such tales, which were generally unheard-of before the 1960s, when a strong wave of interest in legitimizing Nessie's 1930s-based history began. The earliest claimed reference is taken from the Life of St. Columba by Adamnan. It describes how in 565 Columba saved the life of a Pict, who was being s ...

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Most accounts of Nessie's appearance, including historical ones, indicate a creature resembling the long-extinct plesiosaur. Actual fossil evidence for this Mesozoic creature shows it to have been physically large, with a long neck and tiny head, with flippers for propulsion. The alleged connection of this creature with the Loch Ness monster has made it a popular topic in the field of cryptozoology. However, most scientists suggest the idea that the Loch Ness Monster is a remnant of the Mesozoic era is highly unlikely; there would need to be ...

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Many names have been proposed as possible authors of the Voynich manuscript. Here are only the most popular ones. Voynich manuscript - Roger Bacon. Marci's 1665 cover letter to Kircher says that, according to his late friend Raphael Mnishovsky, the book had once been bought by Emperor Rudolf II of Bohemia (1552–1612) for 600 ducats — several thousand US dollars in today's money. According to the letter, Rudolf (or perhaps Raphael) believed the author to ...

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The overall impression given by the surviving leaves of the manuscript suggests that it was meant to serve as a pharmacopoeia or to address topics in medieval or early modern medicine. However, the puzzling details of illustrations have fueled many theories about the book's origins, the contents of its text, and the purpose for which it was intended. Here are only a few of them: Voynich manuscript - Herbal. The first section of the book is almost certainly an herbal, but attempts to identify the plants, ei ...

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