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A lock of Napoleon Bonaparte’s hair has been discovered in Sydney, Australia, where it had been buried in a town hall vault for several decades, affixed to a letter that identifies the hair as belonging to the legendary Emperor of France. Offering locks of hair was considered a great gift in days of yore, though this particular tuft is believed to have come from Napoleon’s death-bed on the island of St. Helena, where he lived out his final days in exile.

What makes this discovery so potentially intriguing is that it has long been believed by many scholars and historians that Napoleon was assassinated in exile by dosages of arsenic. This latest tuft of hair should be facing DNA analysis at some point, the results of which should indicate an arsenic level.

More information on the assassination of Napoleon can be found here.

In the letter, a Scotsman named Ned Todd explains that he was given the hair by a woman whose brother, a Major William Crockat, had been present at Napoleon’s death.

“If I mistake not she said that her brother (Major Crockat) had himself cut the lock from the head of the illustrious dead,” he wrote.

Miss Betteridge said it was known that Napoleon’s hair was cut after his death and that Crockat appeared in a painting depicting the death scene.

Two years of renovations to improve the Town Hall have uncovered scores of strange objects stored in underground vaults.

The most valuable piece is likely to be a large Sevres vase, a gift from France following Sydney’s hosting of an international exhibition in 1879.

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Long before people were toting around Kindles as a portable reading device, early man had to resort to something a little more archaic, but no less effective: eggshells.

The eggshells were probably used as containers, and the markings may have indicated either the shells’ contents or their owner. Texier points out that until recently, bushmen in the region carved geometric motifs on ostrich eggshells as a mark of ownership.

If the symbols do signify ownership, it could have implications for the evolution of human cognition. Iain Davidson, an Australian rock art specialist at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, has suggested that marking ownership must have come after humans became self-aware. The eggshells could help to illuminate when this happened in this part of the world, he says.

Written language may have evolved more than once in human history. “Judging from what we know about the evolution of art all over the world, there may have been many traditions that were born, lasted for some time and then vanished,” says Jean Clottes, former director of research at the Chauvet caves in southern France. “This may be one of them, most probably not the first and certainly not the last.”

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Sid Meier, the greatest strategy game designer in existence, is working on his latest brainchild, Civilization V. Details about what makes Civilization V so different from previous installments remain elusive, though we do know the world will be presented with a hexagonal map, sport a new combat system, expand your diplomatic options and undoubtedly add a ton of features long in demand by Civ fanatics. Unfortunately, this debut trailer is pretty useless as you will find no gameplay footage, just CGI renders who sole purpose is to get you excited for a more proper trailer down the road.