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Wednesday Midday News Roundup: historical fact v. entertainment

Generation Y women like social networking and sharing their thoughts on the products that they buy.  This is, apparently, news.  It is not something that ebook manufacturers have caught on yet, though.  The current ebook reader enthusiast is a 47-year-old married man with a household income in excess of 6 figures.  But! researchers believe that [...]

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Everything We Know About Scotland, We Learned from Romance Books

Everything We Know About Scotland, We Learned from Romance Books

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All Scottish men are named Jamie. But that’s only if they’re not called Alistair.
All Scottish men wear kilts, even when they were outlawed and even when they didn’t exist. All clans have an identifying tartan.
All Scottish men carry claymores.
Everyone is a Highlander because the Highlands [...]

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