Tad WilliamsPeople in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the time traveler had been only an average history student? What then?
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When you look at a person and think that he or she has no idea what they are talking about when it comes to science, then that person is history junkie. In other words, history is the best subject an average person can learn. You can learn anything from history.
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