Read more about the article US Army Sergeants WWII Letter To His Mum Finally Delivered To His Widow 76 Years Later
Angelina Gonsalves, 89, got the 76 years old letter from hers deceased husband, John Gonsalves, sent to his mother from Germany during the WW2. (Newsflash)

US Army Sergeants WWII Letter To His Mum Finally Delivered To His Widow 76 Years Later

This letter sent by a US Army sergeant in World War II to his mother has finally been delivered to his widow 76 years later after it got lost in…

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Read more about the article Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them
One of the four shrunken heads that were thought to be from the Jivaro tribe of South American origin found in the operation carried out by the police in Izmir, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them

Experts studying these mysterious 500-year-old shrunken heads from the Amazon that were seized from a smuggler during a raid in Turkey revealed they all had their lips sewn shut to…

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Read more about the article Paramedics Discover Massive Nazi WWII Arsenal In Patients Apartment
The arsenal of weapons and Nazi objects found by paramedics while treating a patient in his apartment in Austria's capital Vienna. (Landespolizeidirektion Wien/Newsflash)

Paramedics Discover Massive Nazi WWII Arsenal In Patients Apartment

Paramedics have discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and Nazi objects from the World War II era in the flat of a 64-year-old man in the heart of the Austrian…

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Read more about the article Remains Of Rare Jewish Prayer Books Whose Owners Were Murdered By The Nazis Discovered In Germany
The fragment shows passages from Psalm 80 from the Machsor. (J. Vogel, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn/Newsflash)

Remains Of Rare Jewish Prayer Books Whose Owners Were Murdered By The Nazis Discovered In Germany

Archaeologists have discovered these remains of rare Jewish prayer books whose owners were murdered by the Nazis and they are now being revealed to the public for the first time.…

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Read more about the article Catherine The Greats 1787 Letter Urging Vaccination And Portrait Fetch USD 1.26 Million At Auction
The portrait of Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, who was the last reigning Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796 and the country's longest-ruling female leader. (MacDougall Auctions/Newsflash)

Catherine The Greats 1787 Letter Urging Vaccination And Portrait Fetch USD 1.26 Million At Auction

This letter written by Empress Catherine the Great of Russia in 1787 advocating vaccination has been sold for USD 1.26 million after it was put up for auction together with…

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Read more about the article Shocking Before And After Photos Of Soviet Soldier Imprisoned In Nazi Concentration Camp Who Then Fought On The Eastern Front
Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev, a graduate of an art school, a teacher of fine arts, pictured before and after the Great Patriotic War ended in 1945. (Newsflash)

Shocking Before And After Photos Of Soviet Soldier Imprisoned In Nazi Concentration Camp Who Then Fought On The Eastern Front

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These haunting before-and-after photos of a Russian soldier show how he was completely changed by his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp and the four years he spent fighting on…

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Read more about the article Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age
The newly discovered alpine rose leaf miner which was found in the Alps. (Juerg Schmid/Newsflash)

Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age

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This beautiful speckled white moth is of a previously unknown population that has survived isolated hundreds of miles from any similar moths since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago,…

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Read more about the article Letter From Russian Empress Catherine The Great On Importance Of Vaccination Under The Hammer
The portrait of Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, who was the last reigning Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796 and the country's longest-ruling female leader. (MacDougall Auctions/Newsflash)

Letter From Russian Empress Catherine The Great On Importance Of Vaccination Under The Hammer

A 1787 letter written by Catherine the Great encouraging a vaccination programme is set to go under the hammer with British auctioneers McDougall's. The letter is part of a lot…

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Read more about the article Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago
The arm reliquary stolen from the sacrament chapel in Kevelaer in October 2017, seized by the police in France. (Sankt Marien Kevelaer/Newsflash)

Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago

This stolen relic, believed to contain a bone belonging to a saint who died in 1597, that disappeared from a confessional chapel in Germany four years ago has been recovered…

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