MyPlate is a graphic from the USDA that advises Americans how to eat. But I think it's based on...
We Evolved to Eat Vegetables and Meat, Not Grains and Dairy
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Did Hobbits Live among Us Recently?
The Indonesian island of Flores and its neighbors host two unusual languages, called Ke'o and...
Britain Does Something Noble
In 1807, the British Parliament outlawed the slave trade. Then the government did something truly...
Why the U.S. Has No Name
Today, the United States is a country, a nation, and we tend to think it has been since its birth....
The Dominican Republic Once Agreed to Join the U.S.
Few in the English-speaking world realize that the Dominican Republic once agreed to join the...
Homo ghostus
I reported in an earlier post that Homo sapiens once shared the world with at least four other...
The English Are Celtic (or Something)
Traditional histories say that when the English migrated to Britain during the 400's A.D., they...
How Scotland and England Merged in the First Place
Now that the Scots have rejected independence from the U.K., it's worth asking how Scotland and...
How Queen Elizabeth I Held Back the Toilet
The forerunner of the modern toilet appeared in 1596. An English nobleman named Sir John...
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