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Is Your Fate in Your Hands?
Palmistry is believed to foretell one's future, from riches to ruins, family life, personal accomplishments and even one's fate. This practice is found the world over and is alive in different religions and cultures. Take a look at the lines and creases on your hands, each can possibly tell a anecdote or a chapter of your life. A palmist or palm reader can identity each marking on your[...]
Why We Use Candlelight at Funerals
Candles and other types of lights have been used for thousands of years and have been associated with funerals for almost as long. Almost every culture, race and religion has used candlelight to connect with the divine and to help the departed leave this world for the next.The word "funeral" was derived from the Latin word "funus" which means "torch". Early Romans believed that lights[...]
The Man Who Discovered Pluto is on His Way There
In 1929, the Lowel Observatory, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, hired a young man by the name of Clyde Tombaugh to take over the search for a planet beyond Neptune, a search that was started by astronomer, Percival Lowell in 1905. Tombaugh had drawn very meticulous sketches of Mars and Jupiter that[...]
The Mysteries of St. Louis Cemetery
Littered by the debris of crumbling, sun-bleached family tombs, and a labyrinth of narrow, twisting walkways, the necropolis of the St. Louis Cemetery is perhaps one of the most famous in New Orleans.Located just outside the infamous French Quarter, the ancient crumbling cemetery became prominent housing for the dead in 1789 after city officials closed the St. Peter Street Cemetery[...]
Why Are We Buried Six Feet Under?
Some people might hear the words "Six Feet Under" and think of the death metal band from Tampa, Florida; others may become reminiscent of the successful HBO series by Allan Ball, but in the end, that idiom that has long been associated to death has been around for many years with its origins tracing as far back as the mid-1600s and re-emerging in the during the mid-1800s.It was during[...]
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