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Some of history’s biggest figures weren’t content simply making history so they attempted to live forever through their offspring. The following 7 men managed to make their mark in history in the most fecund of manners. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not dead! Just really busy. Will start updating in May August when things calm down a bit.

Edit: FML.

1. Science – Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (PhysOrg).
2. Science – The Evolution Debate Is Over; It’s Time To Move Forward (NPR).
3. Science – Being bored could be bad for your health (Salon).
4. Science – What came before the Big Bang? (The Daily Galaxy).
5. History – Slavery in America: Historical Overview (Slavery in America).
6. History – When electric doorbells were new (Wired).
7. History – Indian man resurrects the East India Company (Times Online).
8. Interesting – Does polygamy reduce the risk of AIDS? (Chris Blattman).
9. Interesting – USA’s top pork producer is also one the worst polluters (Rolling Stone).
10. Wikipedia – Edwin Howard Armstrong: The inventor of FM radio (Wikipedia).

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1. History – Tycho Brahe to be exhumed (The Copenhagen Post).
2. History – The tragedy of dying languages (BBC).
3. History – World History Looks Different When Seen Through Islamic Eyes (VOA).
4. History – The history of tipping (BillShrink).
5. History – Founders of British obstetrics ‘were callous murderers’ (Guardian UK).
6. Interesting – Why Do the Chinese Save So Much? (Columbia Business School)
7. Interesting – Chinese attitudes about antiques 40 years after the Cultural Revolution (NY Times).
8. Interesting – How the right to arms saved the non-violent civil rights protesters (The Volokh Conspiracy).
9. Science – Our world may be a giant hologram (NewScientist).
10. WTF – How to survive if you are buried alive (The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook).

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