fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores relationship myths and truths to get your head out of the clouds and back into romantic reality.
From Faith to Fiction: The Two Lives of Juana Gallo
Juana Gallo has been romanticized in Mexican cinema as a fierce revolutionary warrior, but the reality tells a strikingly different story. The true Juana was a devout woman whose bravery manifested not on battlefields, but in her unwavering defense of her Catholic faith during Mexico's most turbulent years.
By Abel Green2 months ago in Humans
Good Samaritan Laws, Plainly
Most people have heard the phrase “Good Samaritan law” and treat it as a vague safety net. They assume there is some invisible legal blanket that protects anyone who steps in to help a stranger in trouble. The reality is less cinematic. In the United States, there is no single federal Good Samaritan law that covers every scenario. There is a patchwork system of state statutes, case law, and narrow federal rules. Each piece aims at the same goal: convince ordinary people they can try to help without getting dragged into court for making an honest mistake.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin2 months ago in Humans
The Night That Invented Christmas
Often celebrated as the first Christmas poem ever written, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” later known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” holds a singular place in cultural history. Written in 1822 and published anonymously on December 23, 1823, in the Troy Sentinel newspaper of New York, the poem introduced a complete and enchanting Christmas narrative unlike any that had come before. Earlier hymns and seasonal verses certainly existed, yet none offered a fully realized story centered on a magical Christmas Eve visit. This poem changed how the holiday would be imagined, celebrated, and shared for generations.
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Humans
Skiing: The Ritual of Winter
First tracks on a bit of fresh powder, a dusting of white still clinging to the trail-edging pine trees, the soft whirr of the chair lift, the quick shuuush of skis passing by as I stand and soak it all up. This is why I got up early, made the drive, hauled the equipment, bought the ski pass. I've been skiing most of my life, and I can't imagine not going through all of this bother, because the reward is so splendid. It just gets harder through the years.
By B.B. Potter2 months ago in Humans
Cancer Prevention and Mental Wellbeing: Can Mushrooms Help?
What Science Really Says About These Powerful Fungi? Remember when your grandma swore mushroom soup could cure anything? Well, she wasn't entirely wrong. Scientists have been studying mushrooms lately, and what they're finding is pretty incredible. Some of these fungi might actually help cancer patients during treatment and could even tackle depression. Let me walk you through what researchers discovered recently.
By The Shroom Groove2 months ago in Humans
"I Manipulated Men with My Eyes for Ten Years—Until I Met the Doctor Who Didn't Understand My Seductive Gaze. AI-Generated.
On my thirtieth birthday, I touched up my lipstick in the hospital waiting area. The woman in the mirror expertly smudged her lip line with her fingertip, eyelashes casting half-moon shadows beneath her eyes. This had been my instinct for ten years—like a hedgehog raising its spines, a clam shell snapping shut. Until the doctor across from me pushed up his glasses: "What's with your eyes? You keep blinking."
By gui xiong li2 months ago in Humans
“My Ice Castles Ritual”
**What made it a ritual Our visit to The Neuschwanstein Castle will forever be a memory held for me with my mother and my sister in law. I was visiting my brother and his family there in Kaiserslautern. That visit opened my eyes to see how good and spoiled we have it here in America. 🇺🇸 It also showed me how people were grateful for air and then life. We traveled very far. Through faithful prayers we could get anywhere. I give it to my father for his discipline driving there. I really was astonished and surprised about the door opening. Just the fact that I could travel there still brings spirit me overly joyed in astonishment. The story is true and I’m overly joyed. I walked there with my mother and another. I was so proud of myself. We had token the carriages up half way.We got half -way and rode the horse gliddales up half way inside the carriage that was the opposing cheap , safe , but fun. My parents are the best, once again. I was very much in love and felt like falling in love. What brought about that? The fact that 1️⃣ not everyone can make it up there safely. 2️⃣ not everyone can travel. Not everyone can come up and back down safely downward on a snowy hill. A lot really was going through my mind. I felt like a royal princess. Whose hidden prince had opened the door 🚪. I jumped in astonishment! It was really astonishing to me.
By Rachael Frazier2 months ago in Humans
