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A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.” Yes, America is on the edge. What could you or I invent that wouldn’t cost much to manufacture, but still make us millionaires?Don’t say hula hoops since no one knows who invented these circles kept in motion by our hips.They were first seen in the early Roman Empire before the birth of Christ.History doesn’t know what they were called back then, but it was a form of exercise for warriors and young people.The hula hoop ... The ruins at the Roman Museum Homburg date back about 2,000 years. They include excavated walls, a drainage trench and other archaeological finds. The museum is less than an hour from Kaiserslautern, Germany. ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. -- "One of the disturbing facts of history is that so many civilizations collapse," warns anthropologist Jared Diamond in "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." Ma... |
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