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Hui Te Rangiora: Old Māori Legend Suggests They May Have Discovered Antarctica 1,000 Years Before EuropeansAn iceberg melting in Antarctica.

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Hui Te Rangiora: Old Māori Legend Suggests They May Have Discovered Antarctica 1,000 Years Before EuropeansAn iceberg melting in Antarctica.
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"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After AllA photo of a medieval manuscript page showing two concentric circles with medical instructions and a table surrounding it. The text is handwritten and in Latin and the page has yellowed with age.

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"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After AllA photo of a medieval manuscript page showing two concentric circles with medical instructions and a table surrounding it. The text is handwritten and in Latin and the page has yellowed with age.
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The Longest-Reigning Monarch In History Is Someone You’ve Never Heard OfEmpty throne

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Alan Turing Masterpieces "Almost Shredded" By Owners Fetch $625,000 At AuctionAlan Turing.

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How Do We Know The Bible's Forbidden Fruit Was An Apple?A medieval fresco showing Eve and Adam eating the Forbidden Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. They stand either side of the tree and are both naked (they are depicted without genitalia). The serpent is coiled around the tree and has a woman's head and two arms. She is handing Eve and Adam two round objects that look like apples.

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How Do We Know The Bible's Forbidden Fruit Was An Apple?A medieval fresco showing Eve and Adam eating the Forbidden Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. They stand either side of the tree and are both naked (they are depicted without genitalia). The serpent is coiled around the tree and has a woman's head and two arms. She is handing Eve and Adam two round objects that look like apples.
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How Do We Know The Bible's Forbidden Fruit Was An Apple?

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The 13th Century "Codex Gigas" Or "The Devil's Bible" Is The Subject Of An Unsettling LegendThe Devil, depicted in the Codex Gigas.

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1782, The Year A Caterpillar Outbreak Terrified LondonA close up photo of a brown-tail moth caterpillar nest. The thick webbing surrounds the point where three small branches extend in different directions. The branches have been stripped of leaves and there are dozens of caterpillars crawling through the nest.

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1782, The Year A Caterpillar Outbreak Terrified LondonA close up photo of a brown-tail moth caterpillar nest. The thick webbing surrounds the point where three small branches extend in different directions. The branches have been stripped of leaves and there are dozens of caterpillars crawling through the nest.
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How Many People Survived The Titanic?A historical photograph of RMS Titanic During Sea Trials
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How Many People Survived The Titanic?

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Why Was Crossing The Rubicon (A Pretty Pathetic River) Such A Big Deal?A lithograph of Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain created in 1847.

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Why Was Crossing The Rubicon (A Pretty Pathetic River) Such A Big Deal?A lithograph of Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain created in 1847.
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The "State Of Nature", An "Idiot", And "Tragic Story Bingo": The Changing Face Of Feral Childrenstatue of infant romulus and remus suckling at a female wolf

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One Of The World’s Largest And Rarest “Fancy Red” Diamonds Has Been Studied For The First TimeWhat a beauty! The Winston Red Diamond, an exquisite 2.33 carat Fancy red diamond.

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One Of The World’s Largest And Rarest “Fancy Red” Diamonds Has Been Studied For The First TimeWhat a beauty! The Winston Red Diamond, an exquisite 2.33 carat Fancy red diamond.
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Over 250 Years After Captain Cook Arrived In Australia, Final Resting Place Of HMS Endeavour ConfirmedPainting by Samuel Atkins (1787-1808) of Endeavour off the coast of New Holland during Cook's voyage of discovery 1768-1771. Ins

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Over 250 Years After Captain Cook Arrived In Australia, Final Resting Place Of HMS Endeavour ConfirmedPainting by Samuel Atkins (1787-1808) of Endeavour off the coast of New Holland during Cook's voyage of discovery 1768-1771. Ins
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: A Story Of Anxiety And Hysteria In America's HeartlandA black and white photo of someone wearing a gasmask an what looks like a denim coat. The person is standing against a black backdrop and only their right hand side has been lit, so they are partially obscured.

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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: A Story Of Anxiety And Hysteria In America's HeartlandA black and white photo of someone wearing a gasmask an what looks like a denim coat. The person is standing against a black backdrop and only their right hand side has been lit, so they are partially obscured.
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