Category Archives: history

March 26, 2009

Know your Enemy – Church of Scientology

Fact. The Cult Awareness Network was bought out by the Church of Scientology. For years, the Cult Awareness Network was the Church of Scientology’s biggest enemy. But the late L. Ron Hubbard’s L.A.-based religion cured that — by taking it … Continue reading →

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March 12, 2009

History of the Internet

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo. “History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons on picol.org. You can already … Continue reading →

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February 12, 2009

Darwin Day – 200Years Old

Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around Feb. 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Darwin is the first of the … Continue reading →

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November 20, 2008

Jonestown – 30 Years on… (Jim Jones suicide tape transcript)

Peoples Temple was an organization founded in 1955 by Jim Jones that, by the mid-1970s, possessed over a dozen locations in California including its headquarters in San Francisco. It is best known for the death of over 900 of its … Continue reading →

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