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Christianity · ColomboThe arrival of Christianity in Sri Lanka goes back a long way. Did St. Thomas the Apostle go as far as Sri Lanka? He did make it to India during the 1st century, but it is difficult to ascertain if he actually reached Sri Lanka as well. If this early contact is shrouded in mystery, there is some evidence that communities of Nestorian Christians in Sri Lanka in the 5th and 6th century. The name Cosmas Indicopleustes may not be widely known, but t…Read Article
Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka
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Spotify · DillonListen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. I want to tell you about a place that is both good and bad at the exact same time. It is truly crummy and totally lovable. It is 100 percent a tourist trap, and honestly, it’s a slightly cancelable tourist trap. It is also kind of a delight. It’s a place called South of the Border. South of the Border is a roadside attraction and well-known landmark on Interstate I-95 r…Read Article
A Quest to Capture America’s Greatest Roadside Attractions
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Spotify · IranListen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. I recently learned that you can find a lot of old computer games on Steam. And when I say old, I mean old like Windows ’95 old. So I started poking around looking for this game that I was obsessed with when I was a kid. It’s called Titanic: Adventure Out of Time. I think it’s from like 1996. The story in the game was so good. So you play as this British secret agent who…Read Article
The Bejeweled Poetry Collection That Sank With the Titanic
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