Saturday, February 27, 2016

Schools - old photos, Sri Lanka

email from JKS Weerasekera

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Archaeologists discover oldest Muslim graves ever found in Europe


Archaeologists working in southern France have identified three graves that are believed to represent the oldest Muslim burials ever found in Europe, dating to the eighth century. The skeletons at medieval site at Nîmes were found facing Mecca, and a genetic analysis showed their paternal lineage...


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What is time, and why does it move forward?


This article was written by Thomas Kitching from UCL, and was originally published by The Conversation. Imagine time running backwards. People would grow younger instead of older and, after a long …


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The CIA Wanted to Kill Fidel Castro

 by Giving Him a Diving Suit Laced With Tuberculosi

Fidel Castro scuba diving at the Bay of Pigs on a trip with American James Donovan in 1963 (National Security Archive)It’s no secret that the US government wanted to kill Fidel Castro many times over the years. But there’s a crazy story about a possible CIA assassination attempt that I’d never he...


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