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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 174 - 11/18/2008
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality -Produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation(JREF) : http://www.theness.com
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Podcast
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November 18, 2008
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News Items: Exoplanet Pictures, Neuroscience of Telepathy, Jonestown Massacre, Science Attitudes
Your Questions and E-mail: More Info on Sperm Donation, Sleepwalking, Global Warming
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Fiction
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The pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
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Item #2 Fiction
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Suicide rates are typically higher during the holiday season.
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Item #3  Science
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The Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony in today's Massachusetts did in fact share a meal with the Wampanoag Indians in the autumn of 1621.
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Item #4 Fiction
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The traditional daily garb of the pilgrims was mostly black.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels." - Pearl S. Buck
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