As you get ready to vote, reflect on this: According to new research, liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, because political ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4.

When researchers asked 2,000 subjects about their politics, then took blood samples from them, they found that people with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene are more likely to be liberal as adults, but ONLY if they had an active social life as teenagers.

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You’re on the new Unknowncountry website. It offers much more visibility for our vast offering, and many new and easier ways to navigate, as well as a powerful new search engine. You’ll find a new ability to report sightings and encounters, and enjoy much easier free Dreamland and Revelations listening. The new "Strange Days" section offers a new strange story about each day of the year. The Out There section will now be more video oriented, and content will be graded A–probably true,  B–likely true, C–likely hoax, D–probable hoax.

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This could be some sort of pollution, a flock of birds or even balloons, but it is not a graphic. Grade B.
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