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By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ryea.ssi.net/links.htm Census The first complete world census was carried out in 1801. The results - China (295 million people), India (131 mill... ...ociety/Military/People/Personal_Experiences/Ameri can_Civil_War/ Cocaine Cocaine, discovered in 1855, was considered by Sigmund Freud to be both a... ... the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Italy's University of Cagliari discovered that the chemicals emitted by the flower - three type... ... Eratosthenes (276-196 BC), measured the earth's circumference accurately. He used astronomical observations to calculate the difference in latitud... ... the toilet paper in 1890 by the Scott Paper Company, people used an assortment of objects to wipe clean - most often leaves and corncobs. French r... ...g, stooping, etc. In looming an object below the horizon is projected into the sky. Objects under the horizon can thus appear to be above it. And w... ...n, even under normal atmospheric conditions, we all see objects that are under the astronomical horizon. How much we see depends on our elevation,...

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