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moment still sparks debates. (Yes, it was fiery. No, it wasn’t “book accurate.”) But Gambon didn’t flinch. He let his performance stand tall, rooted in instinct rather than pages.

And now we’re recording over a hundred deaths,” said Bonina. The capsizing of overloaded boats is becoming increasingly frequent in this central African nation as more people are giving up the ...

His theory is that when humans die, we transition from one form of being into another. And all this happens within the computational structure of reality. Our soul moves into a different plane of ...

About five minutes later, people started shouting and telling us to wear life jackets. No one wore life jackets earlier. We felt we were going to die," Vaishali told the media. She said people on ...

Everyone asked me: 'If you ever become president, stand with Israel ... why Paraguay feels so attached to Israel. We have a common root: a people of faith. We also have a common root that ...

What happens after we die?' is the most existential question humans face. But a man with one of the highest IQs in history claims to know the answer. Chris Langan, 72, is an American horse ...

The "smartest man in the world" has revealed what he thinks happens when we die. American rancher Chris ... highest IQ individuals by the Guinness Book of Records before they ceased listing ...