Episode #721
News Items
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
There are 39 cities int eh world with teh name, ‘Bethlehem,’ 28 of them in the US.
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Item #2
Fiction
The original Bethlehem in the Middle East has a mostly Christian population today but is under Israeli control.
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Item #3
Science
Bethlehem, PA was founded on Christmas Eve 1741 by Davie Nitschmann and Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf.
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. - Robert A. Heinlein