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Flames Engulf Brazil’s National Museum, Destroying Massive Cultural And Scientific Collection
Eleven thousand years’ worth of artefacts went up in smoke as the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro — one of the largest collections in the Americas — burned down in a massive firestorm on Sunday night local time.
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Sunken Russian Warship Rumoured To Contain 200 Tonnes Of Gold Discovered Near South Korea
A missing Russian Imperial Navy cruiser said to contain 200 tonnes of gold bullion worth an estimated $180 billion has been discovered after being lost at sea for 113 years.
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The First Superhero Movie Ever Is More Than 100 Years Old
The first real film based on a Marvel/DC character was 1966’s Batman: The Movie, starring Adam West’s campy version of the Caped Crusader. In the ‘40s and ‘50s, Batman, Superman, Captain Marvel (now known as Shazam) and Captain America all had weekly, live-action serials shown in theatres, while the first Zorro movie premiered in 1920.…
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New Medical Analysis Shows What Really Happened On The Night Robert F. Kennedy Was Assassinated
It was 50 years ago this month that US Senator Robert F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin. In what is now the first study of its kind, a team of specialists has conducted a systematic review of the medical care he received during the critical hours following the shooting. Their findings offer unprecedented details…