After decades of Republican victories, here’s how California became a blue state again
California hasn’t always been a lock for the Democratic presidential nominee. Republicans won the state in nearly every presidential election between 1952 and 1988. Ahead of an election that could see more blue in the Golden State than ever before, here’s ...
Interesting related trivia: even birds know about the anti-parasitic properties of nicotine.
City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites (Nature 12/5/2012)
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