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Atlantic Ocean

Ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas

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Dec 7, 2025
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How did the n-word evolve in usage from the 17th century to modern times?

The English slur now called the “N‑word” originated from Latin niger → Spanish/Portuguese negro and appears in English texts from the 16th–17th centuries as a neutral descriptor; lexicographers date t...

Dec 17, 2025
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how did robert maxwell die

Robert Maxwell was found dead in the Atlantic near the Canary Islands on 5 November 1991; at an inquest later that year coroners recorded death by heart attack combined with accidental drowning while ...

Dec 21, 2025
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In 14th/15th/16th/17th centuries, is this true that Jewish people were largely involved in slave trade?

Claims that Jews were "largely" or predominantly responsible for the European slave trade from the 14th through 17th centuries do not stand up to careful historical scrutiny: evidence shows Jewish par...

Jan 16, 2026

Can ICE pull you over

Yes — but only within legal limits: ICE agents have authority to stop, detain, and arrest people when they have reasonable suspicion or an administrative/warrant basis related to federal immigration l...

Nov 14, 2025

Did Robert Maxwell's 1991 death involve Mossad or foul play?

Robert Maxwell died on 5 November 1991 after falling from his yacht off the Canary Islands; Spanish police at the time said no foul play was suspected and the official immediate finding was drowning ....

Jan 16, 2026

What did War Plan Red actually recommend for invading Canada, and why was it never executed?

War Plan Red was a U.S. interwar contingency plan that mapped a comprehensive campaign to neutralize Canada as a potential British staging ground by seizing ports, rail hubs and industrial regions acr...

Nov 30, 2025

When and why was Mar-a-Lago built and by whom?

Mar-a-Lago was built in the 1920s by heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post as an opulent winter residence on a 17–20 acre site in Palm Beach; construction took about four years and opened in 1927 after w...

Dec 5, 2025

What role do Central American countries play in US-bound drug transit routes?

Central American countries function as key transit corridors — both maritime and overland — funneling cocaine and other drugs northward from Andean producers through Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic ro...

Oct 15, 2025

What are the most common drug smuggling routes in the Caribbean Sea?

Drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea concentrates along maritime corridors connecting South American production zones and Central American transits to consumer markets in North America and Europe, with...

Jan 1, 2026

Which major banks were founded by Jewish families and what are their current ownership structures?

A significant number of historically important banks were founded by Jewish families or Jewish immigrants—examples include the Rothschilds, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Lazard and...

Nov 30, 2025

How does Donald Trump's behavior compare to past U.S. presidents in terms of rhetoric and conduct?

Donald Trump’s rhetoric and conduct mark a clear break from many modern presidential norms: scholars and institutions say he routinely violated traditions and used confrontational, populist language, ...

Dec 17, 2025

Which specific earthquakes or tsunamis did Edgar Cayce allegedly forecast for the 21st century?

Edgar Cayce’s published “earth changes” forecasts for the modern era include repeated, specific claims about major earthquakes and tsunamis affecting California, Japan, parts of the U.S. Gulf/Atlantic...

Jan 14, 2026

Us captures oil ship off coast of greenland

A U.S.-led operation seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker — variously reported as the Bella 1 (renamed Marinera) — after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic that ended in the North Atlantic/UK–Ice...

Dec 6, 2025

How have shipping patterns and transshipment hotspots shifted since 2020?

Since 2020 shipping flows have shifted from pandemic-era bottlenecks toward route diversification, regional hub growth and increased transshipment activity in Southeast Asia and Caribbean/Atlantic hub...

Nov 17, 2025

Are there any ongoing geoengineering experiments or projects?

Yes — multiple small-scale and research-focused geoengineering experiments and programs are underway or planned globally in 2024–2026, especially in solar radiation management (SRM), marine cloud brig...

Dec 11, 2025

can anyone run a prover on Starknet and what resources or costs are required

Anyone can run a Starknet prover in principle: Starknet’s roadmap and docs state provers are permissionless and the SN Stack, SHARP and open-source prover code make running provers feasible for commun...

Jan 13, 2026

is ICE trained?

ICE does have formal, multi-week training programs for different classes of officers and agents—ranging from multi-month courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to agency-specif...

Jan 9, 2026

Who were the earliest cattle herders in North America before the American cowboy emerged?

The first people to herd domestic cattle in the Americas were not the high-plains “cowboys” of 19th‑century myth but early colonial herders in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica — a workforce that historic...

Jan 4, 2026

Did any crew members survive the Challenger explosion on Jan 28, 1986?

No credible evidence shows any of the seven Challenger crew members survived the January 28, 1986 accident; official investigations, NASA reports and multiple fact-checks conclude all seven died as a ...

Jan 1, 2026

Which outlets documented the reported ‘two attempts’ on Donald Trump’s life and what are the primary sources for those claims?

Several media outlets in the supplied reporting framed or repeated claims that there were “two attempts” on Donald Trump’s life last summer; Fox News explicitly listed two dates and locations (July 13...