Speculative Fact #109: Usually People Just Disappear

05/21/2013

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Sure, there's the TV show, but modern day cults don't get really get taken seriously anymore. Nobody thinks they're a threat. But then people just disappear: similar to what happened to the ladies in this story. Now, this is real, but you can take them on your own journey, with a much more interesting ending.
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Speculative Fact #108: Indian Superstions

05/20/2013

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PictureI'm pretty sure it's not what it looks like.
Did you know that in India, there is a golden lizard shrine at Kanchipuram that cures you from the bad luck that follows from touching lizards? Superscription is the gift that keeps on giving, and here we have a ton of them from the subcontinent. Pick one and wrap a story around it, or use these odd but true details in your story.
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Speculative Fact #107: Magic...

05/17/2013

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If you need a rational for your spells or your animal sacrifices, look know further.
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Speculative Fact #106: This is You in Space. Get the Details Right.

05/15/2013

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What does space do your body besides flattening your eyeballs?  If your story deals with astronauts or the effects of prolonged exposure to the great out-there, or you just want to get the metaphor right, read on.
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Speculative Fact #105: Are we there yet? Not yet...but we're getting closer.

05/14/2013

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A science fiction / nonfiction paradox creates the possibility for Star Trek, but you know, for real.
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Speculative Fact #104: Stars Align Over Lost Temple

05/13/2013

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In a hidden temple of Spain, there is a place where the stars align and gods of old tarry. 
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Speculative Fact #103: This is Real but Witches aren't. 

05/10/2013

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Africa. Sometimes we forget just how large it is, a continent barely known, complete with worlds within worlds. In some of them there are witches, but the danger is of course the angry mob.
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Speculative Fact #102: Atlantis's Sister City

05/09/2013

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We have to redraw the map. Again. This new continent was found off the coast of Brazil. Put your story there.
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Speculative Fact #101:  Building a Better Superhuman

05/06/2013

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The future of sport is all in the genes.  Body hacking is here.
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Great Scott! It's Speculative Fact #100!

05/05/2013

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It's neither new a new idea, nor old. But whatever, it still blows my mind every time I hear it. According to this guy, death and life are revolving doors leading to the same room. 
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