Two US scientists have come up with an explanation of the 10 plagues of Egypt as a series of linked natural disasters - each following as a result of the other.

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If you were lucky, like we were, you also got: some quality family time, the Four Questions read to you in Yiddish and dark chocolate-covered frogs and locusts for dessert, representing two of the 10 plagues that befell Egypt.

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