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| The History of Blackjack |
| The origin of blackjack, also known as twenty-one, can only be guessed at with quite a bit of speculation. Card games were quite the rage in France; and Frenchmen played many different games, as a source of social entertainment. |
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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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| Fascinating Facts about Calcutta |
| With a population nearing the six million mark, the ancient city of Calcutta figures deeply into the imaginings of the wider world. A city of mystics and saints, artists and throngs of impoverished-Calcutta is a city of great extremes. |
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| Ghosts & Things That Go Bump in the Night |
| Among those who believe in ghosts and apparitions, it is believed that as much as ninety percent of all reported phenomena can be explained through natural causes or fraud. Those that cannot be otherwise accounted for are not necessarily considered to be the ghosts of the deceased, however. |
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