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Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case

30 October 2026 at 00:48
Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over deadly beef Wellington lunch.

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Erin Patterson leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in 2025.

Mad Honey: The Natural Poison That Knocked Out a Greek Army and Later Ambushed Roman Soldiers

20 October 2026 at 08:55
They had crossed most of Persia, climbed snowbound mountains and fought tribes that hurled stones at them from the cliffs. What left them most exposed, only a few days from the sea, was a honeycomb. There was no ambush and no enemy army, just a handful of beehives, some hungry soldiers and a flowering plant […]

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