Sheep on London Bridge

It’s not just an urban legend: freemen of the City of London really do have the right to drive sheep across London Bridge, and on Sunday, August 31st, 2008, that is exactly what four freemen did.  Seven Romney rams were driven across the bridge to raise awareness of a campaign to raise funds to preserve Canterbury Cathedral.

Geography is encoded in the genes

Two studies have shown that, although genetic diversity in Europe is low, it is possible to determine which locations are in a European’s ancestry by examining his genome.