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Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

African American man praying in church with stained glass in background

Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

Stained glass window showing ten Christian saints. St Peters Church, Cound, Shropshire, England.

Too Good to Rot? Saints with Incorrupt Bodies

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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