The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:You're all set up for an extremely romantic evening -- and if you're lucky, it could last for quite some time.
A neighbor or sibling -- someone you haven't seen in a while -- will likely want to have a serious heart-to-heart conversation.
Go ahead.
Don't worry about ruining the reunion.
Once you two have decided where you're at, where you were before and where you're going now, you'll end up being a lot closer than you were 'back in the day.'
Some of our readers today have been in:
Edithvale, Victoria, Australia
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Hanau, Hessen, Germany
Vienna, Wien, Austria
Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Natal, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
London, England, United Kingdom
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
as well as Spain, Poland, New Zealand, France, Sri Lanka and in cities across the United States such as Angola, Charlotte, Seymour, Williston and more.
Today is:
Today is Tuesday, November 16, the 320th day of 2010.
There are 45 days left in the year.
Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
There isn't one.
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You’ve probably seen the 1957 move The Bridge On the River Kwai, but you might not know how much of the film was real and how much was fictionalized. The real history of how the railway between Burma and China was built, including the bridge, is a horrific story. The British didn’t build the railway in the 19th century because it would be too expensive. During World War II, the invading Japanese took on the project, but expected it to take five years to complete. Those plans were drawn before they found a source of free labor: the Allied POWs. Because of the inhuman amount of labor forced on the prisoners, the railway line that was expected to take five years to complete was ready in only 16 months.
