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Ancient Greece

Hippocrates: The Father of Medicine

How one ancient Greek taught us to heal with science, not superstition.

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2015
The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.
2014
The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest was targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
2011
The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.
1995
The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1988
A 6.8 Ms earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people (aftermath pictured).
1975
The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.

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