It’s late December in 1903 and as a harsh wind blows in off the Atlantic, Will and Orv make their final preparations. The two brothers...

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Charles Dickens the prolific 19th century writer lived with chronic insomnia. To help his condition he wandered many miles through the...

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In Don Vito Corleone’s final moments in the classic, ‘The Godfather’, he’s filmed playing with his young grandson in the family tomato...

It’s the 2016 Icelandic Presidential election and two very different candidates line up against one another. David Oddsson had helped...

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It’s March 1995 and Mitch Albom is casually flicking through the channels in his Detroit home. Suddenly, he hears the words from the tv –...

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It’s Round 15 of a bruising encounter, Muhammed Ali has been taken the distance by journeyman Chuck Wepner. The night before, the rank...

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In 2020, Joe Biden won the US election handily with a convincing 306-232 tally in the electoral college vote. Delve a little deeper...

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There are many beautiful cultural idiosyncrasies that stem from Japan, one of which is the concept of Ikigai. Pronounced (ee-kee-guy),...