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Fingerprints 101 This week in history identifies when the first fingerprints were taken for personal identification purposes. The use of finger- and handprints as a binder on contracts grew from reasons of superstition. Read all about that, and other fascinating... . . .
-- Jul 26, 2010
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-- Jul 23, 2010
Have you noticed the moniker R136a1 scrolling across headers and trending tabs on Google and Yahoo and wondered what on Earth it was people were searching? Turns out it’s not anything on Earth at all, but the name of a... . . .
-- Jul 22, 2010
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