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The Japanese Fascination with Blood Types

Dan Lewis runs the popular daily newsletter Now I Know (“Learn Something New Every Day, By Email”). To subscribe to his daily email, click here. Actor Ken Watanabe was born in Koide, Niigata, Japan, on October 21, 1959. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Last Samurai, and has more recently appeared in Batman Begins and Inception. He survived leukemia, which he was diagnosed with in 1989, and has Hepatitis C. In 2004, he was featured in People magazine's issue listing the fifty... READ ON

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The Palladium Credit Card

Dan Lewis runs the popular daily newsletter Now I Know (“Learn Something New Every Day, By Email”). To subscribe to his daily email, click here. Plastic. It's the one-word term used by many to mean "credit card" because, in almost all cases, credit cards are made out of that flexible, durable material. But not all cards are created equal. Early this year, investment bank J.P. Morgan Chase announced a new credit card, called the J.P. Morgan Palladium... READ ON