Woman announces she is divorcing her pirate ghost husband.
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Asked whether it was night or day that first emerged when the universe came into existence, sixth-century-bc Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus replied, “Night, earlier by a day.”
Never greet a stranger in the night, for he may be a demon.
—Babylonian Talmud, c. 600More NightGo to Issue Page >
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