Subject: Rare Chance to See Venus Cross the Sun, Fingerprint Origins, Hitler's Hot Jazz Band and more in the Weekend Newsletter
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Your Last Chance This Lifetime to See Venus Pass in Front of the Sun is This Tuesday...
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June 2012
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Your Last Chance This Lifetime to See Venus Pass in Front of the Sun is This Tuesday
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Venus' next transit of the sun isn't until 2117&mdash;so read what to watch for, and make sure to look to the skies on June 5th
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Judging an Airline by its Uniform
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What flight attendant uniforms say about airline brand identity, cultural attitudes, and passenger psychology
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Hitler's Very Own Hot Jazz Band
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American troops tuning in to wartime German radio broadcasts found themselves listening to one of Hitler's strangest experiments: the swinging sounds and virulently pro-Nazi lyrics of Charlie and His Orchestra
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Where Do Fingerprints Come From?
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From cradle to grave, no matter how much fingers grow, everyone's fingerprints are unique and unchanging
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Reliving Shackleton's Epic Endurance Expedition
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Tim Jarvis's Plan to Cross the Antarctic in an Exact Replica of the James Caird
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Beyond Kung Fu: 5 Movies From Asia to Catch
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Will the recent purchase of AMC theaters by a Chinese billionaire mean more Asian films in theaters? Likely not, but here are some to watch in the meantime
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Help the Homeless? There's an App for That
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Two doctors in Boston may have found a way to identify which homeless people are most in need of urgent medical care
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