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		<title>Perforated Skulls From Middle Ages Found in Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two skulls belonging to individuals who underwent the ancient form of surgery known as trepanation have been unearthed in Spain.]]></description>
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		<title>7 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Joan of Arc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To commemorate Joan of Arc's 600th birthday, explore some facts about the legendary "Maid of Orléans" that might come as a surprise.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Black Death the Ancestor of All Modern Plagues?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have sequenced the genome of the bug responsible for the Black Death, which killed up to half of Europe’s population in the mid-14th century.]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Stop Blaming Rats for the Black Death?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that humans, not vermin, spread the Black Death, and that the disease may not have been bubonic plague after all.]]></description>
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		<title>Who Were the Knights Templar?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get the facts on the mysterious medieval order known as the Knights Templar, which was dissolved 700 years ago but has recently made news headlines.]]></description>
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		<title>In Shining Armor, Medieval Knights May Not Have Shone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavy armor may have been medieval knights' worst enemy, according to new research.]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re Back: A Bed Bug History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many American cities are plagued by the worldwide resurgence of bed bugs, pesky critters with a history that dates back to ancient times.]]></description>
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