Factoids of the week

Baen Books has a lot of free Science fiction for your pleasure. And yes, it's list includes authors who are well know...

Heh. The March Upcountry...

Xenophon's story rewritten as modern science fiction.

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ten reasons that Japanese women are thin.

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Profits keep rolling in for big insurers despite reform

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Medieval Barbers did more than cut hair.

and what was the "Sweating sickness" that killed so many in Tudor England?

The goddess Hygieia and her cult in Ancient Greece.
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The Chinese military still uses carrier pidgeons.
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Ever wonder why unemployement is high in Arab countries while thousands of Pinoys work there? It's a cultural problem...