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* Fobok correctly points out that I mistook Jim Youngs for Richard Hatch. It was the cheekbones, I think.

* I miss Wesley Snipes. I have nothing clever to say, just that I liked watching him be an action hero, and wish they'd offer him a decent role in a movie I'd actually watch.

* "Breeding with Neanderthals appears to have helped early humans fight disease:" http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-neanderthals-early-humans-disease.html

* "Ötzi's teeth:" http://news.discovery.com/history/oetzi-iceman-bad-teeth-110615.html

* Roman poop: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8575243/Dormice-sea-urchins-and-fresh-figs-the-Roman-diet-revealed.html

* "Vatican archeologists reveal 3rd century paintings hidden beneath Rome:" http://www.romereports.com/palio/Vatican-archeologists-reveal-3rd-century-paintings-hidden-beneath-Rome-english-4352.html

* Death of a Gladiator: http://www.livescience.com/14650-roman-gladiator-tombstone-epitaph.html

* "Tombs in Suffolk studied with aid of space-age science:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13748889

* More on vikings in Greenland and climate change; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1392749/Cold-climate-forced-Vikings-Greenland.html

* "Udupi: Ancient Unicorn Idol Found at Kalya:" http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=105370

* "Britain Is More Germanic than It Thinks:"http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,768706,00.html

* "Excavated Bomb Suggests Early Start for Artillery:" http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,769016,00.html

* Snerk: "Asterix books contain 704 victims of brain injury, study finds:" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/16/asterix-books-brain-injury

* "On middle ground, compromise and neutrality:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/06/on-middle-ground-compromise-and.html