120-year-old magazines reveal scientific discoveries

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Did the Victorians find life on Mars? 120-year-old magazines reveal hidden scientific 'discoveries' from canals on the red planet to teaching dogs to read

A genealogist from West Yorkshire found Victorian 'discoveries' hidden in magazines from 1875 to 1895. The theories including a dinosaur-eating bird and canals on the planet Mars (pictured).