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Where is Columbus?

Nobody knows for certain where Christopher Columbus has been buried. But this is not a case of a missing body. Instead, it seems that there are too many bodies in too many places. Even after he died, Columbus’ corpse was moved from place to place for almost 500 years, making it practically impossible for historians to say for certain which of his many burial places is authentic. Historians hold that parts of Columbus’ bones and ashes may be found in Santo Domingo, Seville, Havana, Valladolid, the Vatican, Genoa and at the University of Pavia.

Dick Van Dyke is well known for his prominent roles in film, television and on Broadway. But he got married on the radio. Van Dyke and his childhood sweetheart Marjorie Willets tied the knot on ABC’s 30-minute radio show, “Bride and Groom.”

In only a few sports do competitors move primarily in reverse. Some of these events include the following: swimming (backstroke), the high-jump (Fosbury Flop), tug o’ war, rowing and abseiling (rappelling).

From mythology, scripture and other forms of literature, humans have gathered an impressive number of names for the underworld. A few of these include the following: Abaddon, Apollyon, Gehenna, Hades, Hell, Scheol, Tophet and the infernal regions.

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