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This Day in Blogging History: Hidden mural at LA hotel; Our "Missing" Chromosomes; Final Transmetropolitan collection

One year ago today

The secret history of a hidden mural at a Los Angeles hotel: During the clearance sale, a puzzling discovery was made: a fifteen-foot mosaic mural commissioned by The Los Angeles Petroleum Club was found behind some old wood paneling.

Five years ago today

Our “Missing” Chromosomes: So here’s the thing: We have 46 chromosomes. Our nearest great ape relatives have 48. On the surface, it looks like we must have lost two.

Ten years ago today

Final Transmet collection available: The final Transmetropolitan collection, “Transmetropolitan: One More Time,” is available for pre-order on Amazon. It’s the tenth book, collecting issues 55-60: there are nine other books collecting the earlier issues, and as good as those issues were, it’s in this, the final volume of the most original and invigorating sf comic I’ve ever read, that Ellis outdoes himself, pulling together a finale to his five-year serial that’s triumphant, sad and brave.

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