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Is Houdini Really Dead?
May 14, 2012On Sunday, October 31, 1926, at precisely 1:26pm, a man named Ehrich Weiss died in a hospital room in Detroit, Michigan surrounded by his siblings, his wife, and a few medical attendants. The world gasped when they heard the news because they knew this man by a different name: Harry Houdini. But most wondered if death could hold him; for years, Houdini boasted of a plan to cheat the grave.
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The Death of Elijah Lovejoy
May 14, 2012On a cold winter night in 1837, famed abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy challenged an angry mob of slave holders, racists, and corrupt officials. His campaign against slavery had already cost him several homes and businesses, and he had even been physically attacked a few times. But his words fell on deaf ears, and a few nights later, he would be savagely murdered.
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Hudson Leaves Home
May 5, 2012September 19, 1853 was a day Hudson Taylor would never forget. Neither would his mother. It was on that day that Taylor, England’s world-famous missionary, set sail for China where he would spend most of his life. But neither of them imagined this moment could be so difficult.
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Things Moms Will Never Say
May 5, 2012If you’ve got a mother, chances are, at one point or another she’s asked you, “Were you born in a barn!?” (She was there; shouldn’t she remember?) Maybe she’s said to you, “If you break your leg, don’t come running to me!” (“Umm…I can’t.”) No, it’s not because she’s crazy; it’s because she loves you. But there are some things no self-respecting mother will ever say to her children.
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