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Agricultural Activities & More at the Got to Be NC Festival May 18-20

May 10, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

With more than 100 tractors, North Carolina food and beverages, music, a carnival and kids activities, the Got to Be NC Festival promises to be a not-to-be-missed event at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in […]

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The Strange-ness: Speleotherapy

January 2, 2018

By Kay Whatley, Editor There is a salt-mine-based respiratory therapy called Speleotherapy. The therapy basically involves breathing while inside a salt cave or salt mine. The salty, dry air retards the growth of bacteria, and salt […]

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The Strange-ness: Watching Tiny-Food Cooking Videos? Try A Small Foods Party

February 7, 2018

By Kay Whatley On YouTube, there are videos showing tiny versions of food being created. The mini-food trend isn’t just on YouTube, though, as a Baltimore, Maryland group called Small Foods Party offers a live […]

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Durham Parapsychology Researchers Seek Study Participants

July 19, 2017

Have you ever volunteered for a research study? If you’d like to be part of a research study, the Durham-based Rhine Research Center is seeking participants for a study which examines how people interact and […]