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Soldiers Who Survive War Are Less Intelligent

Records reveal that the smartest of Scottish regiments died on WWII battlefields

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2008 7:39 AM CST

(Newser) – Soldiers who survived World War II were on average less intelligent than their fallen comrades, a study of British records has revealed. Researchers merged military records with an IQ test given to Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and found that Scots who died in battle had...   Read full story »

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