22 Photos Of Our Fascinating World
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A 'virtual autopsy' of King Tut revealing Pharaoh had girlish hips, a club foot and buck teeth. Further evidence shows that his parents were brother and sister, which may have caused his physical impairments.
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The Japanese delicacy made from the blowfish, is 200 times more poisonous than cyanide, chefs require a license to cut and serve Fugu, and there have been 23 reported fatalities in Japan since 2000 from eating poorly cut Fugu.
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A watch belonging to Akito Kawagoe which stopped at 8:15 exact time of the explosion. Hiroshima, 1945
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In 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time in Nagasaki where he survived another atomic blast.
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This is a picture from the 1870's showing a man standing in front of a mountain of tens of thousands of bison skulls. Apparently the government endorsed the killing of these creatures to starve the Native American tribes who depended on them for food.
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Gunnery Sgt. Michael "Iron Mike" Burrghardt gives the one finger salute to his attackers after being struck by an IED on September 19, 2005, Iraq.
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