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The Question: Who invented basketball? The Answer: Basketball is one of the few popular sports with a definite known origin. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith invented…
by Ambrose Bierce DIEDIPLOMACYDIGESTION -n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer…
by Ambrose Bierce RIOTRITER.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters…
A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…
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Different Classes of UpanishadsThe ancient Upanishads, i.e. those which occupy a place in the Samhitâs, Brâhmanas, and Âranyakas, must be, if we follow the chronology which at present is…
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