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Golden Turquoise Earrings from Tillya Tepe Tomb (Afghanistan)
Dating back to the 1st century BCE-1st century CE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillya_Tepe

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Today, we'll review the source code for RE3– the reverse-engineered C++ source code for Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City.

 
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[...] doctors who are wintering at Australian Antarctic stations do have to have their appendix removed. This is because there is usually only one doctor on station during winter, and evacuation back to medical care in Australia is impossible for at least part of the year.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210817135234/https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/health/

#Medicine

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β€œOne of the more unusual (but still fascinating) exhibitions at Bletchley Park is all about the role pigeons have played in the First and Second World Wars. Aircrews used them as rudimentary black boxes, writing their coordinates on a message and releasing the pigeon if they had to ditch or crash land.

There was also a cull of birds-of-prey all along the south coast during World War Two to ensure the pigeons could get back safely.” https://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/method-of-wrapping-carrier-pigeons/

Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying two pigeon boxes. This is photograph TR 193 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, Link https://aviationoiloutlet.com/blog/pigeons-of-war/

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