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TIL When a skull was found in a peat marsh in Cheshire, police questioned Peter Reyn-Bardt about it in connection to his missing wife and he confessed to her murder. The skull was radiocarbon dated and found to be almost 2000 years old. Peter was convicted based on his confession.

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