Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Strange Names and Fearsome Diseases of Colonial Times |
| Yellow Fever was known as the “American Plague”. Syphilis was considered having “Bad Blood”. “Brain Fever” was what we know today as Meningitis. “Rose Cold” is simply Hay Fever or nasal congestion from allergies. Rheumatism was known as “Screws”. |
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| The Lost Books of the Bible |
| When the Old Testament ends, Israel is under the control of the Persians. When the New Testament begins, the Romans are ruling over the land. What do we know about the personal life of Mary, the mother of Jesus? For that matter, what was Jesus like as a child? |
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| Facts about Cryonics |
| Cryonics is the practice of storing human bodies in a deep freeze state in hopes that they can be revived sometime in the future. The mentality of scientists who practice cryonics is that if a human being dies of an incurable disease today, the body can be frozen until a cure is found. |
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| Crop Circles |
| Crop circles are large, usually intricate, patterns caused by the flattening of crops such as barley, corn, rapeseed, or wheat. Although some crop circle researchers claim that there were reported crop circles as early as 815 A.D., there are few details prior to the 1970s. |
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