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Featured Article: Truth

Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy by François Lemoyne, 1737
The meaning of the word truth extends from honesty, good faith, and sincerity in general, to agreement with fact or reality in particular. The term has no single definition that the majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree on, as various theories of truth continue to be debated. In religious contexts, truth is often attributed to the divine origin and associated as being eternal, absolute, and immutable.

Popular Article: Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster (Oil painting) by Heikenwaelder Hugo
The Loch Ness Monster is a legendary creature purported to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness, the most voluminous freshwater lake in Great Britain. Since reported sightings in the early twentieth century, Loch Ness has become world renowned for its mysterious lake monster. Local Scottish highlanders, and many people around the world, have affectionately referred to the animal by the feminine name of Nessie.

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The Wyandot, an Iroquoian confederacy of four tribes, were called the Huron by French explorers (source: Huron)