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An archaeological mission went from Moscow to an area alongside the Turkish border to excavate a potentially historical site. Because of the site’s location, a KGB agent was assigned to the group.
After a few days of digging the team came across a human skeleton but the archeologists were unable to determine just how old it might be.  At this point, the KGB man asked whether he could be alone with the skeleton for a few minutes.
“The skeleton is exactly 1,500 years old,” proudly announced the agent after only a couple of minutes.
“That’s incredible!” exclaimed the archeologists,  “How did you figure it out?”

“Easy.  I forced a confession out of him,” said the agent.  David Harris

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