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Pig Genome Project May Pave The Way For Better Bacon and Dutch scientists grow bacon from stem cells
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The Unlucky Winners
"Here are ten cautionary tales of some of the biggest-winning losers in lottery history."
Pentagon wants to know: 'Did Jesus die for Klingons too?'
Defense Department spending included "$100,000 for a 2011 workshop on interstellar space travel that included a session entitled "Did Jesus die for Klingons too?" The session probed how Christian theology would apply in the event of the discovery of aliens."
Buy a House, Get a Visa: Coming Soon Everywhere?
"So Spain is offering a deal. Buy a house worth more than the mean home price and receive something that had been, until now, priceless: Spanish residency papers." Doesn't strike me as a terrible idea. You'd probably want to ensure that the person in question lives in the house as well for avoid foreign slumlords.