Does anybody know if Dr. Mirzahkani was still an Iranian citizen, or if she took US citizenship? I looked around but couldn’t find any definitive statement.

I’m in the first cohort of polio vaccine kids, and the situation was very different. Once you got the shots, you were totally safe, except for a booster shot every couple of years. The Sabin oral vaccine was developed in the 60s and conferred permanent immunity. Within a couple of years the whole populace enjoyed…

You were traumatized but still had some unsafe sex? An illustration of some of the problems discussed here.

Remember the high school pregnancy clubs? I could never find out if they actually existed or were an explanation concocted after a coincidental spike in births.

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary

More to the point, why would the US government collaborate on such a ruse, even after Pearl Harbor or Japan’s surrender?

If we can sue History Channel surely we can get a judgement against Oliver Stone for JFK.

Cadaver dogs can detect traces after 8 decades? Or they can tell the difference between the scent of Americans and Polynesians? Remarkable!

Bernie, obviously.

There are also lots of oral traditions about mortals mating with the volcano goddess.

Equally silly theories have been around for decades, like the Kennedy murder plots. 

Indicted for what, exactly?

Is there any listing of who smokes in movies? Is it more likely to be a villain or thug, or a hero? Does that have any bearing on the attractiveness of smoking to youngsters?

In sure Lamby has already been approached by literary agents for a 3-book contract, so we’ll get his side soon enough.

Four children were killed.

A similar problem:

This reminds me of a sad series of event in the 80s. Photos appeared alleging they show MIA American soldiers still held as prisoners in Vietnam. I remember one daughter of a 15-year missing soldier appearing on Larry King and swearing the picture above was her lost father. Turns out it was copied from an East German…

When did the islanders talk about it? When some gullible history buff shows up offering good money to hear “the truth about Earhart and Noonan”?

Maybe the person is Trans. Another victim or historical erasure?