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Geisha Girls
by Wong Yee Lee
What is Geisha?
‘Gei' is arts or performance while ‘Sha' means people. They are the professional hostesses to entertain guests who are nothing like prostitutes. It is said that Geisha started in the 11th century when there were dancers for the warriors. They are trained with traditional skills such as
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Ethnicity Testing: Where Has Your DNA Been?
by Pete McFraser
A widely held assumption says that DNA's journey started in Africa over 150-thousand years ago. Where has your DNA been since then?
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The History of Calendars
by Sam Vaknin
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. Their "old new year" is a week later, on January 14. It is all Julius Caesar's fault ...
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The Myth of Great Albania - IV. Modern History
by Sam Vaknin
Zog commenced his 14 years long reign first as president and then as king (Zog the first, needless to add).
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The Myth of Great Albania - II. History
by Sam Vaknin
There is very little dispute among serious (that is, non-Greek, non-Macedonian and non-Serb) scholars that the Albanians are an ancient people, the descendants of the Illyrians or (as a small minority insists) the Thracians.
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