REALLY Cold Cases Cracked by Science

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The history books are full of mysteries, some of which we're just now getting around to solving.

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Sources:

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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg4266
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8/figures/1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon_sur_son_lit_de_mort_Horace_Vernet_1826.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Retour_de_Napoleon_d%27_Isle_d%27Elbe,_by_Charles_de_Steuben.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-digestive-system-stomach-anatomy-gm1302760481-394404093
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helicobacter_sp_01.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Imperial_Family_1913.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_on_Koptyaki_Road_photographed_by_Sokolov.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_Crisco_edit_letters_removed.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Franklin_profile.jpg#/media/File:John_Franklin_profile.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Etienne_Musin_(1820-1888)_-_HMS_%27Erebus%27_in_the_Ice,_1846_-_BHC3325_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-skull-gm134530346-14928549
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/arctic-spring-in-south-spitsbergen-gm485828690-73474215
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie-Antoinette,_1775_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Antoine_L%C3%A9cuyer.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI,_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_(1754-1793),_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Axel_von_Fersen2.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/both-sides-of-british-army-postcard-sent-from-france-1915-gm157506315-10633125
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antique-desktop-surface-gm155373405-19795130
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/burning-piece-of-paper-with-words-nothing-gm688596954-126699045
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/working-in-the-pathology-centre-gm1206157745-347750887
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg4266
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon%27s_strand_of_hair_01.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dyatlov_Pass_incident#/media/File:Dyatlov_Pass_incident_02.jpg