20th Century

The Embalmer's Mistake That Made a Dead Man Breathe

A Bulgarian embalmer made one small mistake in 1949 that fooled the entire Communist world for decades.

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20th CenturyCold WarSoviet UnionBulgariaScienceDeath RitualsGeorgi DimitrovMedical TechnologyState PropagandaSecret History

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