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From what I understand, John Rae really got blasted when he brought back Eskimo reports that the Franklin expedition resorted to cannibalism. But that was hardly the first British explorers to suffer such rumors. What made Franklin’s doomed expedition different?
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How much cultural continuity/exchange do Egyptologists see nowadays with Kush and other African cultures? Does this change over the course of ancient Egyptian history?
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In 1969, a nuclear bomb was detonated underground in Colorado to see if they could help in natural gas extraction. In response, voters approved an amendment to the state constitution barring nuclear detonations without voter consent. What was the process like for authorizing tests before this?
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When did scientists realize that one day satellites would become a feature of daily life, used by everyday people for everyday tasks?
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