"TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection"
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Calpurnia 1 year ago
#16 It was used as a munitions dump during the Ottoman occupation, and a Venetian bomb struck it during the siege of the Acropolis in 1687. Stupid Turks. Also, stupid Venetians. 
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Stal 1 year ago
Calpurnia, We see present-day Palestinians employing the same tactic in Gaza.
As for the "stupid" Venetians, perhaps back in 1687 they considered it more important to drive the Muslims out of Greece than protect Athena's temple.
As for the "stupid" Venetians, perhaps back in 1687 they considered it more important to drive the Muslims out of Greece than protect Athena's temple.
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Kenneth 1 year ago
Thanks for the rest of the story.
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Eudora 1 year ago
#12 and then there´s a picture of a blind person. 
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Olph 1 year ago
Eudora,
he never saw it coming
he never saw it coming
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Chan 1 year ago
#15 - I spent a day in Paris in 1986 and some parts of the city and the entire subway smelled like a filthy toilette.
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Hody 1 year ago
Why is #4 a picture of the Ontario Legislature when the story is about Scotland?
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Lissia 1 year ago
#24 I can't be the only one that completely misunderstood this one at first? 
As for the "stupid" Venetians, perhaps back in 1687 they considered it more important to drive the Muslims out of Greece than protect Athena's temple.
he never saw it coming