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After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable

No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I. Europe still bears the scars of the war, even almost a century later. The gruesome and terrifying type of warfare typical of the Great War had a lasting impact on those who witn…

ByJames Elphick
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ByLogan Nye
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ByLogan Nye
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ByLogan Nye
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This spy led Germans on a wild goose chase during WWII
ByBethaney Phillips
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This is the World War II history of the Foo Fighters
ByBlake Stilwell
Why Polynesian tattoos are probably more intense than yours
ByEric Milzarski

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ww1 trenches today
After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable
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