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Woman Tried to Treat Athlete’s Foot with Raw Garlic. It Burned Through Her Toe.A woman in England learned the hard way that it's not safe to treat a foot fungus infection by covering it with slices of raw garlic, according to a new report of the woman's case.
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King Tut's Sisters Took the Throne Before He Did, Controversial Claim Says -
Giant, ostrich-like dinosaur and its smaller cousin roamed Mississippi during the late CretaceousA giant, ostrich-like dinosaur and its smaller cousin, also an ornithomimosaur, sprinted through what is now Mississippi about 85 million years ago.
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1,600-year-old mosaic of Hercules and Neptune's 40 mistresses unearthed in war-torn SyriaArchaeologists in Syria have discovered a stunning mosaic featuring depictions of the Trojan War, Hercules and Neptune dating to the fourth century A.D.
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Tooth Tales: Prehistoric Plaque Reveals Early Humans Ate WeedsWhen looking for a meal, prehistoric people in Africa munched on the tuberous roots of weeds such as the purple nutsedge, according to a new study of hardened plaque on samples of ancient teeth.
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Octopuses Have Moves, But No RhythmOctopuses move with a simple elegance, but they have no rhythm, according to new research.
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Tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid had mile-high waves and reached halfway across the worldThe dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered mile-high monster waves and waters that reached the world over.
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Spectacular T. rex skeleton may fetch $25 million at auction (the new owner gets to name it, too)Paleontologists are unhappy that a T. rex specimen from Montana is hitting the auction block in Hong Kong in November.
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How do palm trees withstand hurricanes?Trees generally snap, or at least lose a few branches, when faced with hurricane-strength winds. Not palm trees. These staples of the tropics typically bend during gusty weather.
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Toothless Druid Woman's Face Comes Alive in Wax, Wrinkles and AllA toothless skull was all that researchers had of one of Scotland's oldest known Druids, but now they have something more: a wax re-creation of her face.
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Evidence of 'modern' plate tectonics dating to 2.5 billion years ago found in ChinaEarth scientists in China have found evidence of a subduction zone dating to 2.5 billion years ago.
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Why Did These Medieval European Women Have Alien-Like Skulls?Why were medieval women with egg-shaped skulls buried in Bavaria? A DNA analysis reveals their origins.
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4 Dead, Liverless Sharks Wash Ashore in Weird Whodunit -
What Caused Woman's Odd Liver Problem — Dog or Cat?A woman in the Netherlands contracted an unusual bacterial infection that may have come from one of her pet cats, according to a new report of her case.
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Germanic lord buried with a harem of 6? Not quite, but the real story is fascinating.A Germanic aristocrat is just one of 80 newly discovered ancient burials.
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Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman EmpireAmateur freedivers found a giant stash of gold coins dating to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
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Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian CaveThe Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.
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Book of the Dead fragments, half a world apart, are pieced togetherHistorians found that a Book of the Dead segment from New Zealand matched another in Los Angeles.
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'Very weird' ankylosaur's tail looked like an Aztec war clubPaleontologists in Chile have found the remains of an ankylosaur that represents a new dinosaur lineage.
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Did the Maya Really Sacrifice Their Ballgame Players?How did the Maya, Aztec and other Mesoamerican cultures play the ballgame? And did they really sacrifice the game's players?
