Last night during an insomnia break I began reading blogs to return me to a sleepy state. I figured that the Science Blog might just do it. I'm just kidding; I love the Science Blog. While reading an article on Chronic Pain Management, I learned bits of information like: Women have, on the average, about twice as many nerve receptors which cause them to feel pain more intensely than men.
I also learned that:
"According to the National Retail Foundation, the most popular Halloween costume last year was Spiderman. Next was 'a princess,' followed by witches, vampires, SpongeBob, Barbie and Harry Potter.
Sounds about right. But if you read the complete list of top costumes, you'll notice something missing: astronomers. There are no Sagans, no Galileos, not even a Hubble.
And that's funny, because Halloween is an astronomical holiday. Click to read the entire article.
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