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Described as the 'world's sourest sweet', the ultra-sour jet black balls are not recommended for anyone under the age of 12.
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Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the Black Death's prolonged reign of terror - as they pinpoint a single gene that allowed it to endure across centuries
Research has revealed that the evolution of a single gene in Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes bubonic plague - allowed it to adapt and survive for so long.
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‘Ambition beyond words’: How Siena’s art revolution brought heaven down to earth
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a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International
Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years later
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What TikTokers get wrong in their viral AI 'history' videos: 'Healthy' and 'modern' people during the Black Death, the wrong kind of eruption at Pompeii and 'absurd' WWI uniforms in the trenches
Put yourself in the shoes of a soldier in the trenches in the First World War, or imagine waking up on a sunny morning in Pompeii hours before annihilation.
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Rare manuscript from middle ages that inspired Disney castle to go on display for first time in 40 years
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a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International
Les Très Riches Heures, a ‘book of hours’ made by artists felled by the Black Death, will be shown in France this summer
A celebrated manuscript from the middle ages that inspired a Walt Disney castle…
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