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DNA test to help solve Earhart mystery

Researchers are hoping to determine whether a bone found on Nikumaroro is from the famed aviator.To do this DNA samples are to be collected from the dried saliva on envelopes she"d licked before she went missing and then compared to the DNA of the bone fragment to determine if they are indeedfrom the same person. Amelia Earhart"s dried spit could help solve the longstanding mysteryof the aviator"s 1937 disappearance, according to scientists who plan to harvest her DNA from envelop...

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Mona Lisa landscape mystery solved

Historian Carla Glori may have identified the location shown in Da Vinci"s Mona Lisa painting.Glori believes that the three-arch-bridge visible in the background behind Mona Lisa"s left shoulder is Bobbio"s Bridge located south of Piacenza in northern Italy and which was destroyed in a flood. "Leonardo added in the number 72 beneath the bridgeto record the devastating flood of the River Trebbia and to allow it to be identified," she said. Carla Gloribelieves that a three-arched br...

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Masked superhero fights Seattle crime

Seattle crime is being disrupted by a costumed crusader calling himself Phoenix Jones.Dressed in a mask, tights, a black and gold rubber suit with bullet and stab proof vests the man going by the name of Phoenix Jones has already stopped one crime and sees himself as an effective deterrent in crime hit areas. He"s been stabbed, threatened and held at gunpoint but has suffered no serious injury so far. In a reallife take on comic book superheroes the unidentitifed male walks into a comic boo...

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British royalty once dined on human flesh

As recently as the 18th century, corpse medicine has been used by not only royalty but aristocrats too.While one might not use the word medicinal and cannibalism in the same sentence, as recently as the late 18th century British royalty and other Europeanaristocracy consumed the flesh of others for medicinal purposes. A new book sheds light on the practice that seems rather barbaric by today"s standards. They have long been famed for their love of lavish banquets and rich recipes....

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Soviet surgeon removed own appendix

In an incredible feat of courage and skill a surgeon in the 1960s removed his own appendix in Antarctica.Leonid Rogozov was stationed in 1961 at a Russian base in Antarctica when he started to feel very ill and experienced excrutiating pain leading him to realise he was suffering from appendicitis. With only 12 men at the base and with him being the only physician he realised thathis only chance to survive was to perform an operation on himself. Operating mostly by feeling around,...

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Author plans Shakespeare plastic surgery

Best-selling author Zhang Yiyi is to have plastic surgery in order to look like William Shakespeare.It will take 10 facelifts and $153,000 to undergo the transformation. "Life is a process of striving to become a better person. I think the surgeries are worth the money,"he says. Zhang Yiyi will go undergo 10 face-lifts in 10 months to look likethe playwright. . He has to receive checkups every month after the surgery, China National Radio reported yesterday. &...

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Fan has 82 tattoos of Julia Roberts

Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic has had 82 pictures of the actress tattooed all over his torso and arms.The 56-year-old started his collection after seeing Roberts in the award winning movie Erin Brockovich. It has taken 10 years and over $2000 to build up his collection of tattooes, he says he hopes to get more so long as he has enoughmoney and enough space on his body to fit them on. Most film enthusiasts would be satisfied with a signedphotograph to remind them of their favourite s...

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Baby named after entire football team

Amanda and Stephen Preston decided to name their son after the names of an entire football team.The Burnley supporters decided to name their son Jensen Jay Alexander Bikey Carlisle Duff Elliot Fox Iwelumo Marney Mears Paterson Thompson Wallace Preston. "We had already decided to call him Jensen as he is Amanda"s favourite player, but we couldn"t decide on a middle nameso we thought why not go for the whole team," says Stephen. The couple said they would have done exactly the same ...

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Missing man found in chimney 27 years on

The remains of a man who went missing in 1984 were discovered lodged in the chimney of a bank.Joseph Schexnider had been due to appear in court over possessing a stolen vehicle but disappeared and was never found. It is thought that he died of dehydration after having climbed in to the chimney and foundthat he was unable to free himself. Staff stumbled across Joseph Schexnider"s corpse as theycarried out renovation work. . He went missing in January 1984 ahead of a court appearanc...

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The search for Amelia Earhart resumes

As the 75th anniversary of her disappearance approaches it is still unclear what happened to her.A new expedition will be launching this summer to try and solve the mystery once and for all. Filmed by the Discovery Channel, the search efforts will focus on and around the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro in the Pacific where some believe Earhart may have lived out her final days as a castaway. "Now Amelia Earhart may have been an unlikely heroine for a nationdown on its luck, but she e...

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