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Pablo Busch

... that German-born physician Pablo Busch (pictured) was labelled a "witch or curandero" by indigenous tribes in Bolivia?
... that the distant horse relative Palaeotherium was first misidentified as an amphibious animal, then as a canine?
... that Nikolaus Mollyn was the first book printer in Riga, and the first to print a book in Latvian within the present-day territory of Latvia?
... that in addition to millions murdered, Nazi crimes against children included compulsory sterilization, forced labor, forced institutionalization, medical experiments and Germanisation?
... that Chivas USA had eleven different managers over ten seasons?
... that literary critic Qian Xingcun brought several Communist writers into the Shanghai film industry?
... that the clergy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were upset about the sale of Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary after its closure?
... that Femke Bol successfully defended her 2021 title by winning the women's 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships?
... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building that he designed 57 years earlier?