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Facts Essays and Term Papers
The Consequences Of Preferring Existing (Ideological) Beliefs Over FactsCompared to many other animals, humans are incredibly intelligent. Moreover, we have collectively accrued masses of data and facts, to the extent that we now refer to our present period as the Age of Information. Surely this large body of facts play a central role in our decision making about the ...
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Valley Forge FactsValley Forge: A Tragedy
Facts to know:
General Washington and his men seek shelter at Valley Forge after Battle of White Marsh
Battle of White Marsh, last major battle of 1777
Washington wanted to find permanent winter encampment
He chose Valley Forge, 22 miles North West of ...
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The History And Facts About Nicotine And TobaccoSo you think you want to start smoking? Before I go into teens and smoking, I thought Id tell you a little about the history and other important facts about nicotine and tobacco.
Nicotine is the prime alkaloid of tobacco. It is a plant belonging to the genus Nicotina. More than sixty species ...
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Lighthouse of Alexandria FactsLighthouse of Alexandria Facts
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was the first lighthouse in the world. Construction began in 290 BC and took twenty years to complete. When it was done it was the tallest building in the world at the time, except for the Great Pyramid. It was built on the island of ...
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Facts About MarijuanaMarijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China
plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first
chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller
and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B.C., it was used as ...
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AIDS: Myths And FactsAcquired Deficiency Disease is a deadly disease that has claimed
many lives, both young and old, across our nation and throughout the world.
Due to the lack of education concerning this disease, many myths as to how
AIDS is contracted is spread. Contrary to what people believe, there are
many ...
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Facts That Lead To Poverty: ThPoverty occurs in most parts of the world. Nevertheless, the more serious and problematical poverty takes part in the third world and the southern parts of the globe. First of all, we have to clearly define the word “poverty”. In a broad sense, it means that people within this ...
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Facts On AIDSCases of AIDS have been reported in 85 countries. It is estimated between 5
and 10 million people around the world now carry the AIDS virus and that as many
as 100 million will become infected over the next 10 years.
How can you become infected?
1. sexual intercourse
a) vaginal
b) anal ...
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AIDS: Myths And FactsAcquired Deficiency Disease is a deadly disease that has claimed many
lives, both young and old, across our nation and throughout the world. Due to
the lack of education concerning this disease, many myths as to how AIDS is
contracted is spread. Contrary to what people believe, there are ...
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20 Known Facts About The Human Body20 Little Known Facts About The Human Body
1.A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
2.A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
3.Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
4.A fetus acquires ...
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The Occult in General (short musings/facts)The word 'occult' is a word in very common usage these days. However, it is also a word that is misused, and has become a word to define the "black arts". As a consequence, it tends to instill revulsion and fear in the minds of the vast majority of people. It comes from the Latin word 'occultus', ...
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Dispossable AnimalsE-mail: dmoo_king@hotmail.com
We, as humans, have made numerous advancements in the world. We have firmly established the scientific evolution, but in doing so, it seems that our ethics and morals have failed to progress as well. The knowledge we have acquired is remarkable, but with it comes ...
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Amazing QuranCalling the Qur'an amazing is not something done only by Muslims, who have an appreciation for the book and who are pleased with it; it has been labeled amazing by non-Muslims as well. In fact, even people who hate Islam very much have still called it amazing.
One thing which surprises ...
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Hard Times 3Essay #6 - Character Analysis: Louisa In the novel Hard Times, Dickens presents a character by the name of Louisa Gradgrind Bounderby who had suffered from her father’s education system. Mr.Gradgrind’s philosophy forced Louisa to “discard the word fancy altogether” (11) ...
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Hard TimesThe book written by Charles Dickens is a story about a Lancashire Mill Town in the 1840s. The novel is divided into three books. Dickens titles the books accordingly to prepare the reader for what is about to come, and throughout the novel he shows the effects of the education system, the setup ...
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Which Religion is the Only Truth?All religions are equally true, an anonymous speaker once said (Woodrow 10). Ever since religion started conflicts, people have said this over and over about this controversial subject. But is this statement true? What would the world do if it found out that all people were doing the exact same ...
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Law Of PrecedentOne of the major considerations on how someone is tried in a court of
law depends upon the previous convictions of similar cases. This law of
precedent (stare decisis) was founded hundreds of years ago as part of our
common law. The literal translation of stare decisis is "that like cases ...
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History GuidelinesWhen you read an elementary or high school history book you get the same general idea. In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. These books have to follow the standards called National . Should we change these guidelines to reveal the not so hidden facts about history?
This topic is ...
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American EncountersWho Speaks The Voice Of History
The facts of history in the eyes of Americans have been viewed in many lights. The Smithsonian exhibit entitled, “” is no exception. This multimedia exhibit focuses on American Indians, Hispanics and Anglo-Americans in New Mexico. Although the exhibit ...
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What Effect Does Aging Have On Memory??
It seems, then, that we owe to memory almost all that we either have or are; that our ideas and conceptions are its work, and that our everyday perception, thought, and movement is derived from this source. Memory collects the countless phenomena of our existence into a single whole; and, as ...
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