Two great authors of the 19th century kept up a friendship writing letters for 9 years--until one day, the fairytale king came to stay with the London novelist.

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The timeline for original human migration into the Americas is becoming more complex as researchers explore new ways to track early settlers.

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Chapter nineteen of Henry Myers' The Utmost Island.

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Medical students were long prohibited from studying human anatomy from the naked form itself--especially when the subject was dead. Once the study was begrudgingly accepted, however, everyone wanted a first-hand look.

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How many airships does it take to be called a "Flap?" You tell me.

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18th-century explorer Alexander Humboldt found the vestiges of a dead South American language in the most unusual host!

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Another chapter from Henry Myers' novel, The Utmost Island. Enjoy!

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Did the Middle Ages really exist?

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Imagine that you are at the precipice of life and death, and suddenly a voice speaks clearly in your ear....or, a presence manifests beside you in support of your endeavour. This phenomenon has been documented many times in history.

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It's difficult to keep your dead monarchs neat and orderly in their tombs when they go around getting themselves beheaded, buried anonymously or tossed into the sea.

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