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In 1945, villagers in Katsuyama, Okinawa killed three African American Marines accused of raping local women and buried them in a cave. The villagers kept it a secret for 52 years. By the time it was revealed, no one was charged because those involved had died and the statute of limitations expired

u/TomlinSteelers — 10 days ago
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On this day in 1942, Nazi Germany test fires the first V-2 rocket from the Peenemünde test facility. Reaching altitudes of 52 miles, the missiles are the first man-made projectiles to leave Earth's atmosphere and reach space.

u/HerpesFreeSince96 — 10 days ago
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In July 2015, someone broke into F.W. Murnau's grave and stole his skull. Wax residue was found at the scene, suggesting that candles were lit as part of an occult ritual. The identity of the thief/thieves remains a mystery and the skull has never been recovered.

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u/Resident_Dog_6589 — 11 days ago
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The Accidentally Discovered Giant Crystal Cave Located In Chihuahua, Mexico Was First Discovered By Two Brothers In April 2000

u/DueSlide76 — 11 days ago
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Photographer Lynn Johnson photographed a donor face placed on an operating table during a face transplant surgery in Cleveland, Ohio, documenting the procedure for a National Geographic feature. The image shows the face before transplantation onto the recipient.

u/Shixx-Sint — 12 days ago
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Severe scoliosis shown in back photos and X-rays, including one spine fused with rods and screws. Scoliosis is a sideways spinal curve of more than 10 degrees on X-ray, and fusion surgery is usually considered for curves beyond roughly 45 to 50 degrees.

u/International_Bill32 — 11 days ago
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A Laerdal Premature Anne training manikin lying in a polyethylene bag, a delivery room method for keeping extremely preterm babies warm. Cochrane evidence from 25 studies and 2,433 babies shows less hypothermia on NICU admission, though no clear effect on deaths.

u/SadSwing7315 — 10 days ago
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Noah Wall, born in Cumbria, England with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, had an MRI after birth showing about 2% brain mass. A shunt to drain fluid was fitted at seven weeks, and a scan at age 3 showed his brain at about 80% of normal size. Some doctors think fluid had squashed it.

u/EmergencyLocal5756 — 11 days ago