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Written by Tom Turpin (Professor of Entomology in Purdue's College of Agriculture), Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other Bugdacious Tales is jam-packed with fun facts about insects--from the bug that ancient Egyptians used to worship as a god to how horseflies can fly without a head to the inordinate contribution that humble fruit flies have made to science.
Odd that the contemporary fascination with human cryogenics--freezing people so that they may be brought back to life sometime in the future--also flies in the face of Dante's powerful imagery.
That flies in the face of last year's projection that predicted declining enrollment as housing prices have skyrocketed, pricing many young parents out of the market.
 
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