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Asymmetrical Aggression
August 27, 2004Don't pick a fight with someone who has ears, fingers orfeet of different sizes or shapes, because they're morelikely to react aggressively. Scientists think that earlystress in the womb from things such as a mother's smoking ordrinking can cause these... continued
Another Cause for Mad Cow?
August 27, 2004English farmer Mark Purdey says that Mad Cow Disease isreally Manganese Madness. Purdey notes that feeding cattle the meat and bone meal fromother cows was banned in Britain in 1988, but despite thisfact, 40,000 cattle born there after the ban... continued
Two Triangle UFOs–UPDATE
August 26, 2004Two triangle-shaped light formations were caught on videoover Melbourne, Australia on August 23rd. Local air trafficcontrollers reported no aircraft in the area and the UFOsdid not show up on radar. According to Phenomena Research Australia, Mark and JanineBlease, who took... continued
Our Shelves are Almost Bare
August 26, 2004We have only one copy left of many of the books on our newsale and more of them sell out every day.To find out which books are still available, keep reading so you can order them before they disappear fromour... continued
We Get Pollwhacked!
August 26, 2004A small number of users repeat voted in our current pollabout John Kerry and the Swiftboat Ads. Oddly, a few of themrepeated on both sides of the question, but by far thelargest number of repeat votes were in favor of... continued
Will Terrorists Strike the Internet Today?
August 26, 2004A Russian newspaper reports that terrorists will paralyzethe internet on August 26th, according to Russian antivirusexperts. Aleksandr Gostev says he got the information from certainwebsites, but he wouldn't say which ones. He says they'll betargeting the U.S. and Western Europe.... continued
Nazi Symbols Still Used in Olympics
August 26, 2004Most of us watching the Olympics on TV every night don'trealize that the Olympic rings and the torch relay did notoriginate in ancient Greece, but became popular after theywere shown in a film created in Nazi Germany. German writer Tony... continued
A Film Just for Subscribers
August 25, 2004A beautiful short Quicktime film, the Art of Dana Augustine,is available to Unknowncountry.com subscribers. Be sure toindulge yourself in a few minutes of pleasure watching thisbeautiful film that will bring back memories of many greatDreamland mastheads, as well as Dana's... continued
A Final Glass of Wine
August 25, 2004We may soon say good-bye to wines from Italy and France,since those regions are becoming too warm to grow grapes.But it won't be the end of wine?we'll be drinking GermanChianti and English Champagne instead. Climatologist Gregory Jones says, "We estimate... continued
Pollution Good?
August 25, 2004One scientist says that the real amount of global warming isbeing masked by air pollution, and if pollution is reduced,the Earth will heat up more quickly. Another scientistclaims acid rain is good, because it slows down globalwarming. Researcher Meinrat Andreae... continued