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  2. Do you know how people of Pompeii died when Vesuvius erupted?

Do you know how people of Pompeii died when Vesuvius erupted?

By clock on June 26, 2010.

You may have heard some hypotheses. But you may be wrong. Go here to read the most current explanation.

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