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Archaeologists marvel at the latest discoveries unearthed during excavations at a Roman temple complex in London.

Für 14 Nachkriegsjahre war der Grenzort Elten niederländisch, dann wieder deutsch. Der perfekte Moment für Bauernschläue: In der »Butternacht« zum 1. August 1963 bunkerten die Eltener Tausende Tonnen Billigwaren – an der Steuer vorbei.

In the Russian Orthodox liturgy of the 16th-18th centuries, polyphony (Russian: многогласие, mnogoglasiye, literally "many-voicing"), sometimes polyvocality, was a tradition of performing several parts of the church service in the same place at the same time;…

Most amnesic conditions in films bear little relation to reality. Since movies both inform and reflect public opinion, doctors should be aware of the prevalent myths about amnesia. This could be invaluable when informing patients and their relatives of ...

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United Nations and the Olympic Truce: Building a Peaceful and Better World through Sport and the Olympic Ideal

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In linguistics, comparative illusions (CIs) or Escher sentences are certain comparative sentences which initially seem to be acceptable but upon closer reflection have no well-formed meaning. The typical example sentence used to typify this phenomenon is…

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Isn’t sheep shearing an industry thing? Why do we do it at Farm Sanctuary? Here are the top five questions we get about the topic. It takes about three days to shear the 80+ sheep at our New York shelter.

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Abstract. Considerable mechanistic data indicate there may be a sixth basic taste: fat. However, evidence demonstrating that the sensation of nonesterified fatt

Over 13 nights at their Madison Square Garden "Baker's Dozen" residency, Phish didn't repeat a single song. Here are the best moments.

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Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia…

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