Human skull in charity shop

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A human skull
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A human skull was discovered in the Halloween section of a charity shop in Florida. An "eagle-eyed anthropologist" in the store spotted the skull and suspected it belonged to a human, officials said. The store owner told investigators the skull had been in a storage unit after being purchased several years ago. Under local laws, "no person shall knowingly offer to purchase or sell … any human organ or tissue for valuable consideration", noted STV News.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.