http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/10/mortgage-crisis-left-you-in-the-cold-build-a-house-with-chicken-feathers/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/10/mortgage-crisis-left-you-in-the-cold-build-a-house-with-chicken-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-15888 F26BP Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/10/mortgage-crisis-left-you-in-the-cold-build-a-house-with-chicken-feathers/#comment-15888 A related aside: Back in the day, horse hair was used to construct plaster walls in many Boston houses. Now, many inner-city kids who live in these houses are allergic to horses even though they've neither ridden nor even seen a horse. A related aside: Back in the day, horse hair was used to construct plaster walls in many Boston houses. Now, many inner-city kids who live in these houses are allergic to horses even though they’ve neither ridden nor even seen a horse.

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