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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera - I Love Typography Ltd

Seventeenth-century London printed weekly Bills of Mortality, sold widely for a penny, revealing profitable public demand for mortality statistics and morbid curiosity.
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7 months ago

Secret leprosy infected the Americas before European arrival DW 06/04/2025

A different species of leprosy bacteria existed in the Americas before European colonization.
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