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Famed Doctor Hans Asperger Helped with Nazi Child Euthanasia, Notes Reveal
April 21, 2018 | ArticleHans Asperger, a pioneer in autism research whose name is used to describe high-functioning people with the disorder, had a previously unknown dark past that included sending children with disabilities to a Nazi regime "euthanasia" program.
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Humans Probably Practiced Brain Surgery on This Cow 5,000 Years Ago
April 19, 2018 | ArticleAbout 5,000 years ago, humans used crude stone tools to puncture a hole in a cow's head, making it the earliest known instance of skull surgery in an animal.
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Nazi Germany's Most High-Tech Submarine Found 73 Years After It Was Blown Up
April 19, 2018 | ArticleThe deadly quiet, superfast U-boat was sunk by an Allied aerial assault on May 6, 1945.
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Polar Explorer Shackleton's Lost Ship Could Be Hidden Under Antarctic Ice
April 18, 2018 | ArticleJust over a century after the polar explorer's Endurance sank, another scientific expedition will search of the wreck.
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In Photos: Searching for Shackleton's 'Endurance' Shipwreck
April 18, 2018 | Image AlbumIn his bid to be the first to cross Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out on the Endurance, only for the ship to be overtaken by ice in the Weddell Sea.
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Knife-Armed Man Leaves World's Coolest Skeleton
April 17, 2018 | ArticleLosing a hand should have killed him. Instead, it made him an even bigger badass.
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Ancient Egyptian Incantations Tell of Biblical Human Sacrifice
April 17, 2018 | ArticleDeciphered text on a papyrus found near an Egyptian pyramid describes the biblical story of Isaac.
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Teenager Finds King Bluetooth's Lost Treasures, Including a Thor's Hammer
April 17, 2018 | ArticleA medieval treasure trove that belonged to the legendary King Harald Bluetooth — the Danish ruler who inspired the name for Bluetooth technology — was recently unearthed on a German island by a 13-year-old and an amateur archaeologist, according to news s
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How a Bizarre Nazi Military Machine Left a Lasting Mark on the Environment
April 13, 2018 | ArticleHitler's navy used a toxic artificial fog to conceal its biggest battleship.
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How Human Error Led the Vikings to Canada
April 12, 2018 | ArticleHere's how Viking navigators may have accidentally sailed on to the mainland of North America while looking for Greenland.
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