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• Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives
Jan. 2: In China, one angry mother of a child made sick by melamine-tainted milk explains why the compensation offered her can't make up for the suffering the incident has caused her family, one of more than 300,000 affected. NBC's Adrienne Mong ...
• Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
The sticky problem involves the long-lasting, synthetic chewing gum base used since the 1940s to replace the latex-like chicle resin that ancient Mayans had long collected from the Sapodilla tree. The Mayans chewed unflavored chicle to clean their ...
• Good times in ancient times
2,700-year-old grave of a man in the Gobi Desert — part of an ancient stash. Ancient civilizations may not have perfected frat-party technology, but the weirdest stories of the past year demonstrate that they could get just as high - and indulge in ...
• Island hop around Hawaii for $799
Take a day trip to visit the Haleakala Crater and Haleakala National Park, or head down the road to Hana, where signs of the ancient Hawaiian way of life still flourish. Along the way, you’ll pass beautiful rainforests filled with mango, guava and ...
• A Simple Lesson From Buffett
Early on at Berkshire -- which was a fabric mill, for those who aren't familiar with ancient history -- Buffett's managers would bring him well-conceived plans for upgrading processes, machinery, you name it. These would, on paper at least, save the ...