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The mystery of who paid $450 million for Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' has now been solved.
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The 500-year-old painting, which sold for a record-breaking sum at auction, has a few peculiarities.
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A man in China got the surprise of his life after visiting the doctor with severe pain in his ear.
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The remains of five former Archbishops of Canterbury have been unearthed under a medieval parish church.
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Residents were left perplexed this week when the waters of Spain's Valira River turned a strange color.
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Ashley Glawe ended up in the emergency room after her pet snake got stuck in a rather peculiar place.
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A painting believed to be the work of Italian painter Raphael has been found in an 18th-century home.
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Two government employees in Spain managed to skip work without anyone else noticing for over 15 years.
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Researchers from Germany are building an artificial nervous system that will enable robots to feel pain.
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A man in Portugal was arrested by police after managing to destroy a historic statue at a train station.
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Scientists are hoping to extract DNA from skin and hair samples found on some of Da Vinci's paintings.
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Were the Pink and White terraces of Lake Rotomahana really destroyed when Mount Tarawera erupted ?
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A woefully unconvincing Abominable Snowman has turned up in footage recorded at Formigal in Spain.
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7-year-old Olivia Farnsworth suffers from a rare condition that affects only 100 people worldwide.
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A jovial primate at a zoo in Spain was filmed rolling on the floor laughing after seeing a nut disappear.
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During a sleepwalking episode some people can suffer horrendous injuries without noticing or waking up.
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A 12-year-old from Taiwan ended up putting his hand through a priceless Paolo Porpora painting.
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Researchers have identified a subtle optical illusion responsible for the painting's enigmatic smile.
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A controversial new video claims to have cracked an alternative version of the Da Vinci code.
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Videos and photographs of the doll are said to have caused a range of symptoms in people viewing them.