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Donald Olson, an astrophysicist at Texas State University has a habit of taking well-known historical facts and turning them upsidown. Using the stars and Moon and a little bit of math, he's re-dated the original running of Marathon in 491-490 BC, precisely determined the spot in which Edvard Munch painted "The Scream," and figured out the exact minute that Vincent Van Gogh depicted in his painting "Moonrise." As if that weren't enough, now he's changing the date Julius Caesar landed in England, an event that sparked a massive battle and changed the course of Western civilization. More »
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