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For centuries, depictions of the plague racing along the Silk Route, devastating cities and towns in its path, have been based on a misunderstanding of a rhyming story rather than a historical record.

The past doesn’t repeat itself, but, according to the cliché, it rhymes.

If history often rhymes, as the familiar slogan holds, this time it rhymes like crazy.

She asked the doctors about lifestyle changes but was told "there was no rhyme or reason" for her tumour and to "be sensible" - eating healthily and not drinking too much alcohol.

“This is not to say that history will repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes,” said Rizzuto.