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ADVERTISEMENT No doubt about it, we live in a world of rapid change. Whereas a century ago, our grandparents and great grandparents were still getting around in a horse and buggy, and reading newspapers as their only source of information and entertainment, today we fly in supersonic transports and get our news and entertainment from [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
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We all believe things to be true that are, in fact, quite wrong. Many of these “facts” we learned in school, while some of them we picked up from friends or on TV—or just “heard somewhere.” Whatever their source, however, they have subsequently proven to be erroneous, demonstrating once again that just because something is [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 12:01 am
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