Episode #721

News Items

    Science or Fiction

    • Item #1 Science

      There are 39 cities int eh world with teh name, ‘Bethlehem,’ 28 of them in the US.

    • Item #2 Fiction

      The original Bethlehem in the Middle East has a mostly Christian population today but is under Israeli control.

    • 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