With the release of Blair Witch on September 16--the sequel to the hallowed Blair Witch Project franchise--America, once again, is heading back into the woods, arms and legs akimbo, under the menacing shroud of twilight and wind and whispers.

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book by investigative journalist Edwin Black

Fucking (German: [ˈfʊkɪŋ] (listen)) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, and is 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river, which…

A 90-Year-Old and Two Reverends Cited for Feeding the Homeless in Fort Lauderdale from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. UPDATE: Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old homeless advocate who was originally cited for feeding the homeless in this video, has once again been…

“The Jefferson Bible” was created by Thomas Jefferson in 1820 as a collection of the Biblical teachings of Jesus that he found sound, with passages that Jefferson found unreasonable, such as miracles and the resurrection, removed.

Vault50.com is an independent review guide covering business and educational products and software. This website contains affiliate links and we may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking these links. Lulu the pot-bellied pig created quite the…

Every passenger has followed along their flight’s progress on the seat back entertainment — maybe wishing the plane were going just a bit faster. Nowadays, a flight’s speed, course and altitude are displayed on the screen. Sometimes the plane is cruising…

Be careful who you kidnap.

The glass delusion is an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe mainly in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (15th to 17th centuries). People feared that they were made of glass "and therefore likely to shatter into…

One theory that is often attached to this behavior of cats is that they are inherently predators, speaking in evolutionary terms, so they like to assume a [...]

Carol Highsmith is a distinguished photographer who has traveled all over America, aiming to chronicle for posterity the life of the nation in the early 21st century.

political party in the United States 1912–1916

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Should be mandatory listening for any fan of outlaw or alt.country.

American minister

Percussive maintenance might sound like a fancy technical term, but you are probably an expert in this field. In fact, most of us have performed percussive maintenance procedures at least several times in our lives. Simply put, it is hitting something until…

Thich Quang Duc was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who immolated himself on 11 June 1963. He was protesting against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. The immolation was considered to be an act of defiance…

Measuring repetition in song lyrics over time using a compression algorithm

Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed. A Manila dwarf coconut palm on the grounds of the Tropical Agriculture…

American federal law establishing advisory rules for display and care of the American flag