Stanford's online gallery of Tobacco Company Adverstisements

Stanford University's School of Medicine launched on online gallery of historic tobacco advertisements. According to the website, "Our intention is to tell—principally through advertising images—the story of how, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, tobacco companies used deceptive and often patently false claims in an effort to reassure the public of the safety of their products." Some of the advertisements are shocking and ridiculous, a few are even disturbing. Check it out!

Even Honeybees Vote!

Stop by the MSCTC Moorhead library and take a look at the very last page of this month's Discover magazine. It's "20 Things You Didn't Know About Elections." It's full of fun and interesting facts. For example, humans aren't the only species that vote, and rain can have a huge effect on voter turnouts!