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A New geological study shows that the great sphinx of Giza is 800,000 Years old The Great Sphinx on the Giza plateau in Egypt is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic monuments on the planet’s surface. It is an ancient structure that has baffled investigators since its discovery, and no one has been able to accurately date the Sphinx because there are no written records or reports of it in the past. Now, two Ukrainian researchers have suggested a new controversial theory, claiming that the Great Sphinx of Egypt is about 800,000 years old. A scientifically based revolutionary theory....

White House hopeful Donald Trump on Thursday poked fun at GOP presidential rival Ben Carson for his theory that the Egyptian pyramids were used to store grain, not serve as tombs for pharaohs. "I think I'll have to put that into my repertoire when I talk about Ben," the real estate tycoon said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "That was a strange ... that was a strange deal," Trump added. BuzzFeed on Wednesday published a video of Carson's 1998 commencement address at Andrews University, which was founded by Sevenths-day Adventists, during which he said he believed the biblical figure Joseph built...

Always good to get a reality check now and then to help put things back in perspective. if you feel the need because maybe the postings here have gotten to you for one reason or another, take a second and go over to DU and browse their latest threads awhile. You'll see some real weird and strange over there, that makes any problems/issues you've got here, a lot smaller.

The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title. The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Chris Carter, the series' creator and the movie's director and co-writer, told The Associated Press. Distributor 20th Century Fox signed off on the title Wednesday. The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. "I Want to Believe" was the slogan on a poster Duchovny's UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in...

“He who allows himself to be ruled or guided by the lower and animal part of his nature, deserves to be called a beast rather than a man.” -- Saint Vincent de Paul As the largest Catholic university in America with over 23,000 students, DePaul University plans to host a pro-homosexual conference on October 19-20, titled: “Out There: The Second National Conference of Scholars and Student Affairs Personnel Involved in LGBTQ Issues on Catholic Campuses.” Students and parents are praying, protesting and calling for its cancellation. The first “Out There” conference was held in California at Santa Clara University, a...

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I wish they could explain what goes here in this box. SOrry. Check out the link to the article. This article made me feel like i was smokin crack and reading out of a trashy science novel. Oh, its 0230pst time for zzzzzzzzzz http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/space/20040902/sc_space/silentrunningblacktrianglesightingsontherise&e=1

<p>BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Thursday they are investigating a student for stealing electricity after he plugged his laptop into a train station electrical socket and used 0.2 euro cents, or a quarter of a U.S. cent's worth, of power.</p>