Mystical Raven

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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Eerie Recording Documents The Moment The First World War Ended

A chilling recording depicts the moment silence descended on the battlefield, bringing an end to World War I and four years of bloodshed. Captured on the American front near the River Moselle, the artillery sound ranging clip provides a poignant insight into how the end of the war sounded to those on the frontline. To […]

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Chocolate may ‘help you live longer’ when eaten with zinc supplements

Eating chocolate and drinking coffee or tea could help you live longer, research suggests. Indulging in the treats while taking zinc supplements activates a compound that slows down ageing, a study found. This reverses the ‘internal stress’ that naturally accumulates over the years and has been linked to everything from cancer to Alzheimer’s.   Zinc is […]

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Kids With Anxiety Often Complain of Stomach Pains and Headaches

Kids with anxiety can be a real challenge for parents to recognize. As you would expect, the biggest reason may be that children don’t yet have the ability to fully express themselves verbally. They’re unable to say to you, “Going to the playground today is causing me some anxiety, so I don’t want to go.” […]

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Just ONE energy drink can narrow blood vessels in 90 minutes

Consuming just one energy drink could increase your risk of heart attack and stroke in 90 minutes, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of Texas at Houston says the drinks narrow blood vessels, which restricts blood flow to vital organs. Past studies have linked energy drinks – such as Red Bull, Monster and 5-Hour Energy – […]

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Study Finds 50% of Teen Boys Believe Silence Is Consent

In 2011, Gisèle Pelicot’s life became a nightmare, though she wouldn’t know it for nearly a decade. Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, had begun drugging her with sedatives and anti-anxiety medication. While she lay in an unconscious state, Dominique allegedly invited strangers from online chatrooms to rape her. Between 2011 and 2020, over 50 men, aged 26 […]

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This Woman Retrained Her Brain to Cure Chronic Pain

The first time Fiona Symington rode a bike after working so hard to cure her chronic pain, she felt terrified but excited. The 42-year-old resident of Oxford, England, was afraid that after a quarter-century coping with enduring hurt, she wasn’t physically fit enough to ride and that her “proper pain,” as she puts it, might […]

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40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20)

Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it. So, here’s more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I wish I […]

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12 Signs Of Child Neglect That Should Never Be Ignored

In a perfect world, no child would be neglected or abused. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world and the unsettling reality is that there are children out there that are not getting taken care of as they should. Recognizing the signs of neglect is perhaps the most important way to give a […]

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 10 Warning Signs of Low Iron in a Woman

Iron is an important mineral that helps your body make hemoglobin, the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen. If a woman doesn’t have enough iron, her body can’t make enough healthy red blood cells, which can lead to a problem called iron deficiency anemia. It’s important to know the signs of low iron […]