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  2. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

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    Are You Rapture Ready?. New York City: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94737-0. Swedenborg, Emanuel (1758). The Last Judgment and Babylon Destroyed. All the Predictions in the Apocalypse are at This Day Fulfilled. Thompson, Damien (1999). The End Of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-928943-2.

  3. Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks - Wikipedia

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    Jakers! takes place in two different settings, in two different time periods. In the present time (the frame story), Piggley Winks lives in the United States (or Great Britain, according to different versions) and tells stories of his childhood in a rural area in the rural south of Ireland to his three grandchildren.

  4. Eros (concept) - Wikipedia

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    Love. Eros ( / ˈɪərɒs /, US: / ˈɛrɒs, irɒs, - oʊs /; from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) 'love, desire') is a concept in ancient Greek philosophy referring to sensual or passionate love, from which the term erotic is derived. Eros has also been used in philosophy and psychology in a much wider sense, almost as an equivalent to "life ...

  5. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  6. Love - Wikipedia

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    Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. [ 1] An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.

  7. Censorship - Wikipedia

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    The plaster cast of David at the Victoria and Albert Museum has a detachable plaster fig leaf which is displayed nearby. Legend claims that the fig leaf was created in response to Queen Victoria's shock upon first viewing the statue's nudity and was hung on the figure prior to royal visits, using two strategically placed hooks.

  8. The Boondocks (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The bulk of the series focuses on Riley's misadventures (most of which are fueled by his love of gangsta rap and a desire to emulate other people he admires) or on his various outlandish schemes, which his grandfather often endorses and aids. Despite his wild nature and attempts to appear tough, Riley occasionally shows a softer, innocent side.

  9. Eros - Wikipedia

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    Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of mortal princess Psyche, as men were leaving her altars barren to worship a mere mortal woman instead, and so she commanded her son Eros, the god of love, to cause Psyche to fall in love with the ugliest creature on earth. Instead, Eros falls in love with Psyche himself and spirits her away to his home.