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Who Is Hayao Miyazaki?

Many great animations for children in Japan are made by a prominent and excellent director and animator named Hayao Miyazaki. His films were famous in Japan and are now gaining momentum across the globe with its English dubbed versions. He is the director and principal illustrator of many children...

Beyond Monopoly: The 15 Greatest Board Games of All Time

Beyond Monopoly: The 15 Greatest Board Games of All Time

Most people find board games to be a boring pursuit, especially when compared with the vast array of multimedia entertainment available today. Board games actually have a ton to offer however, especially when you get beyond the board games that everyone is used to playing from childhood. Most board...

25 Top Selling Children's Books for Preschoolers

25 Top Selling Children's Books for Preschoolers

Here's a list of the best selling, kid tested, and mother approvedchildren's books of all time for the preschool age group. Be sure toadd these to your children's collection or give them as gifts thisholiday season! 1. Caps For SaleBy Esphyr Slobodkina 2. The Little Engine That CouldBy Watty...

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What Is the Difference Between Red Blood Cells and White Blood Cells?

While both white and red blood cells flow through the human blood stream they are made to perform very distinct roles. Simply put white blood cells are meant to protect the body from foreign invaders. Ed blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs into the different parts of the body then exchange it...

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What Is a Peplum?

Based on the word’s early origins in Greece, a peplum was another word for tunic. For this reason, the movies that were based on early Greek or Roman times were also called peplum films , and the genre associated with it as peplum. Peplum also has another definition that, although not related to...

15 Ridiculous, Yet Politically Correct Moments

15 Ridiculous, Yet Politically Correct Moments

Political Correctness: the Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the avoidance... of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people." Okay, we can get behind that. But what does it actually mean in reality?

The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Current Era

The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Current Era

Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...

Doctors on Drugs

Doctors on Drugs

One of the largest industries in the world, big pharmaceutical companies spend billions on advertising and marketing every year -- usually much more than they spend on research and development. What most people don't know is that they are also spending millions on persuading doctors to push drugs on patients and our doctors are falling for it.

10 Most Devious Subliminal Ads in History

10 Most Devious Subliminal Ads in History

Ever since the term 'subliminal advertising' was coined in the 1950s, the idea of ads with hidden messages that can influence us without our conscious knowledge has captivated the popular imagination. If adverts can steer us toward a particular product through surreptitiously placed words or images...

The Truth About Sitting Down

The Truth About Sitting Down

You're likely doing it right now - and it is slowly killing you. Yes, sitting down for more than six hours a day can increase your risk of death by as much as 40%.