Interesting Links for 11-6-2011

[andrewducker]

• Who Had the Best Civil War Facial Hair?
  (tags: funny beards fashion photos civilwar poll)
• Apparently the word "nigger" is now unacceptable. Who knew?
  (tags: wwii history movies stephenfry)
• Amazing behind the scenes photographs from movies
  (tags: movies photography)
• There's an association between month of birth and a whole host of diseases, syndromes, etc.
  (tags: health time)
• An amusing account of trying to bring medical care to the needy in Haiti
  (tags: haiti medicine poverty education)

Comments

[andrewducker]

From the article:
"Further evidence of the importance of sunshine comes from the finding that the risk of illness tends to be highest between March and May for those born in the northern hemisphere. However, for Antipodean births, the pattern is reversed."

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

I completely missed that line. AWESOME, though! Thanks!