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The University of Bath's press release is also wrong in saying that plesiosaurs were 'first found' by Mary Anning. Mary (or her family) found the first nearly complete specimens, as a result of which plesiosaurs were described and named; but bits and pieces had been turning up from the early 17th century onwards.

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Human assphyxiation subjects may need the services of an anusthesiologist!

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I've come across human bones in Churchyards. It's not as uncommon as people think. Not that I intentionally look for them, it's hard not to notice. Graves have been and continue to be disturbed and eroded, plus some burial grounds were unmarked and later built on.

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Most – or maybe just many – British graveyards are associated with churches, and go back for a couple of thousand years some of them. Plus there are many unmarked grave sites from both Christian and pre-Christian times. So I'm not surprised that badgers and apparently moles sometimes bring up human remains and grave goods. The whole country is pretty much covered with burials – watch the British version of Time Team if you are interested in human remains, they come up with them all the time.

As you possibly know enemas have a long history in medicine. One of the British Kings James – can't remember which one – received coffee enemas when he was ill, which probably contributed to his death. Apparently they make you feel really perky. :) Damn I just realised that's a pun – not intended.

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