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A beachgoer in Ibiza made a grisly discovery Friday morning when a human foot washed ashore on one of the island’s busiest beaches, Playa d’en Bossa. Local outlet Diario de Ibiza reported that the ...

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Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged 68. As a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Norell combined ...

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