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“No Music Day is on the 21st of November because the 22nd of November is Saint Cecilia’s day. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music. In many countries the 22nd of November was chosen to give thanks for and to celebrate the existence of music.”
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Pakistan’s national assembly has voted to amend the country’s laws on rape and adultery. Until now rape cases were dealt with in Sharia courts. Victims had to have four male witnesses to the crime – if not they faced prosecution for adultery.
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Researchers report online 5 November in Nature Immunology that a fever in mice revs up the immune response by helping white blood cells enter lymph nodes, where they join the battle against microbial invaders.
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The doctors thought I had muscular dystrophy when I was a kid; fortunately it turned out I had the rarer (but curable) juvenile dermatomyositis.
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via 30gms
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via MAKE
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via Baroque in Hackney
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The Communist Manifesto, set to images from the Golden Age of US animation. via wmmna
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