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On June 12-20, William Henry will be leading a special Blue Apples tour of France, following in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene. This incredible tour will feature Rennes le Chateau, the Cathar stronghold of Montsegur, a tour of Templar Knight symbols, a visit to the Dordogne, and?of course?Paris, the City of Lights. The tour is limited to 22 people, so don?t hesitate! To sign up, click here.

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On January 8, a powerful odor of escaping gas blanketed much of southern New Jersey and New York. It was strong enough to cause buildings to be shut down, and for all emergency services in the area to be swamped with 911 calls. It may have been a phenomenon linked to global warming.
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Is it safe to travel to places that have reported cases of bird flu? Is there a danger that a traveler might bring this disease back home?

At least 17 major outbreaks of avian flu strains have resulted in the deaths of millions of birds. The 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong also led to transmission to humans. Since 1997, the World Health Organization sites a reported 218 human cases of avian flu, resulting in 124 deaths. Most of these took place in Asia.
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What made the Mayans so blood thirsty? It may have been because of drought, caused by climate change.

The downfall of the Tang dynasty in China and the Mayans in South America occurred around the same time and both may have disappeared due to climate change. German researcher Gerald Haug studied the incidence of monsoons over the past 16,000 years by looking at geological formations. In New Scientist, Catherine Brahic quotes Haug as saying that the link to the downfall of these two great contemporary civilizations with weather changes “blew me away.”

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