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Did George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Predict the Power of Smartphones?

17 July 2017

A widely-shared quotation comes from a 2014 theater adaptation, not the original 1949 novel.

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Did the Smithsonian Uncover a Nostradamus Prediction about Obama?

6 November 2008

The purpose of articles in some publications is not always to inform readers, but to...

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Did a Nostradamus Prophecy Foretell a Space Shuttle Disaster in 2003? As one Canadian student illustrated by accident, a combination of the mythos of a historical...

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Did Nostradamus Predict George W. Bush’s Election?

20 January 2021

Vague language plus satire on the internet equals a "prediction" that might sound legitimate without...

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