inbreeding
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The above gentlemen have the infamous Habsburg chin on full display. It means they are definitely not going to win a World’s Handsomest Man competition any time soon. Their chins and general looks are the result of generations of inbreeding, the aim being to keep the royal blood pure. Well, there’s pure and there’s…
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Richard III WASN’T buried under a car park….!
“facts”, accidents, age of universe, car parks, diamond, hard materials, inbreeding, John Ashdown-Hill, Leicester dig, Leicester Greyfriars, Leicester University, mtDNA, Neanderthals, Philippa Langley, planets, Richard III, Richard III burial, senses, speed of light, split infinitives, Star Trek, states of matter, to boldly go, Tutankhamun, waterA list of ten facts that were taught at school but are no longer true has been published at this site. It’s a very interesting list with some things that I really didn’t know about, but at number 8 is the following:- “[Untrue fact} NO-ONE KNOWS WHERE RICHARD III’S BODY IS. “Correction: He was buried…
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