The story behind this perfectly normal photo. Today we dive into yet another surprisingly convoluted online rabbit hole; the case of the Cooper Family Falling Body Photo and its elusive creator.
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Visiting Kitsault: Canada’s $50 million 1980s ghost town
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How Christianity took over pagan Scandinavia
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In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war. Sort of. All over the precious resource of cod.
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The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country's past in extraordinary detail.
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Juneteenth: A 99-year-old celebrates Underground Railroad quilts
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Juneteenth: A visual history
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Was there a Norwegian island of New Zealand? Stewart Island was home to a significant proportion of Norwegian settlers and whalers.
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10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark
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First intact Roman pot found in Ireland reveals ancient trade relations
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Interview between Paul Krugman and Ada Palmer
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Wernher von Braun’s record on civil rights
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In 1903, a Norwegian farmer discovered an ornate piece of wood sticking out of the mud – one year later, an almost totally intact Viking ship burial had been uncovered
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Why did the UK government nationalise this pub?
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Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project
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The maid who restored Charles II
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Mayan site with pyramid and canal system discovered in Guatemala
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The shipwrecks from John Franklin’s doomed arctic expedition were exactly where the Inuit said they would be
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Ancient Roman wooden water pipe made from hollow tree trunks unearthed beneath a street in Belgium
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On the Norwegian coast, a tree is transformed into a boat the old-fashioned way at the Hardanger Maritime Centre museum
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In the last decade, extensive fungal growth has developed in Danish museums parallel to climate change, challenging occupational health and heritage preservation
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How the US built 5,000 ships in World War II
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The Viking Age is undergoing a revisionist transformation based on studies of artifacts and documents tying them to the Silk Road
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How the 'Shetland Bus' helped Norway resist Nazi Germany – innocent-looking fishing boats delivered valuable cargo and special agents
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The Vatican secret archive
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In April 1945 the Swedish Red Cross launched the largest rescue operation of World War II – the mission, involving the now-iconic “White Buses”, ultimately saved 15,000 prisoners
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Did the United States almost support Nazi Germany in World War II? (No)
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On the Resistance in Belgium platform, anyone can research resistance activities in Belgium during World War II
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Museums where you can discover the world's ten oldest artifacts
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Lux Radio Theater - Tonight Or Never (1937)
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The great big pseudoarcheology debunk
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Remembering Betty Webb: Bletchley Park and Pentagon code breaker
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Why the island of Bornholm is Danish and not German, Swedish or Polish
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There is no such thing as a golden age or a dark age
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Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been excavating since a metal detectorist found it in 2021
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Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch
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How a simple tractor conquered the South Pole
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New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
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Conquest of the Incas
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Danish archaeological discovery has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought for decades to have links to Sweden
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Book review of Robert Ferguson's fascinating history of the experiences of the Norwegians during the five years of German occupation
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Ken Taylor and the Canadian Caper
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Europe's undeciphered prehistoric tablets
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A Texas horned toad once survived thirty-one years in a time capsule
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US President John F. Kennedy files expose family secrets: their relatives were CIA assets
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McCorry's Memoirs - Era 5: Blasts From the Past (1987-1992)
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Stoicism’s appeal to the rich and powerful
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The failure of the land value tax in the UK
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Some of the world's most famous chess pieces, the Lewis chessmen from the 12th century, are coming “home” to Trondheim this spring in a special exhibition
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Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war
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