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How Do Vaccines Work and Are They Dangerous? Understand the basics and then go get your flu shot.
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Take a stroll down memory lane with posters of horror and sci-fi movies from all eras of film making. They might give you some ideas on watch to watch for Halloween! Part one and part two. (via Everlasting Blort)
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The 10 Neatest New York Inventions Ever. The Empire state is the birthplace of many of our modern comforts, such as Jell-o, toilet paper, and air conditioning.
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Twelve Ossuaries Around the World. You might call it an index of boneyards where the bones are showing.
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The Six Creepiest Places on Earth. Some are haunted; some only have the memories of terrible things that happened there.
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Curious Expeditions needs help identifying a place where a vintage photo was taken. The biggest clue is the building in the background with its distinctive architecture.
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It looks like you’re installing Windows. I don’t know if I can help or not!
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Who Was Dr. Frankenstein? If the character was modeled after a real person, here are seven possible suspects.
i dig the link for vaccination info. i’m an on-campus college student and for some reason students are acting as if the H1N1 vaccine poses more risk than benefit to them/everyone. that said, i will confess that i have too much work to get to the flu clinic without missing classes, but i know i need to get it.
posted by Schmooz on 10-28-2009 at 11:11 am
While New York City is indeed awesome, that list is of inventions made in New York STATE. Of the various items on the list, only toilet paper, chop suey and Christmas are purported to come from the city.
posted by Jack on 10-28-2009 at 12:12 pm
I will be correcting that shortly! Thanks, Jack.
posted by Miss Cellania on 10-28-2009 at 12:15 pm