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42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
The first nuclear accident in Earth's history
Before information about it saw the light of day, the Soviets hid it for over 30 years. The explosion at the Mayak combine was the first nuclear accid ...

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Black death
The plague did not spare Africa and Asia Minor.
After Africa, it probably spread from the port of Alexandria, rolling through areas of Syria, Iraq, ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The culmination of the expedition was to send a telegram on February 12, as the group did not have a portable radio station.
In those days, radio stations were large, heavy, and bulky. The group could not afford such a heavy ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov planned to climb the Otorten and Ojka-Czakur peaks in the Northern Urals.
Otorten was a gentle peak of Mount Kholat Syakhl but had never been climbed in winter conditions. Th ...
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Medieval world
The first major university in Europe was opened in the 9th century.
It was the Medical College of Salerno, which attracted people from all over Europe in search of knowledge. Interestingly, medicine in Salerno could be studied by both men and women on equal terms.
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Ancient Sumer
One of the most famous writings of the Sumer is the Sumerian King List, also known as the Chronicle of the One Monarchy.
It was written at the end of the third millennium B.C. and contains a list of the kings and dynastie ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
On the second day of fighting, the Greek Ephialtes revealed to Xerxes that there was a mountain path that could be used to bypass the Greek positions and get to their rear.
Also on the following day, the narrow Thermopylae isthmus was getting in the way of the Persian army ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Residential and commercial buildings in the four most contaminated villages were razed to the ground.
The destroyed buildings were placed in pits and then buried. The villages were razed to the ground, and currently, none of them appear on the map.
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Axum Empire
One of the churches in ancient Aksum, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, is said to have the Ark of the Covenant in its possession. However, the shrine is guarded by a single guardian (a monk) and no one is allowed inside, not even the rulers of Ethiopia or the heads of the Ethiopian church.
Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion was built in the 17th century on a previously destroyed one that pro ...
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Medieval world
In the fall of 1457, in the village of Savigny, France, a pig and its six piglets were accused of murdering a five-year-old boy.
The trial included a judge, two prosecutors, a defense attorney, and eight witnesses. The pig was sentenced to death by hanging, but the piglets were acquitted despite traces of blood on their bodies.
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Medieval world
The Middle Ages were a time of castle building.
The first of them were built in the 9th century, but they were not very numerous. The dynamic constr ...
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39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
Mysterious tragedy in the Ural mountains
The case of a group of students at the Ural Polytechnical Institute in Sverdlovsk continues to arouse great interest and raise many questions. A group ...
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
Stand to gain
One of the most famous invasions in the history of the ancient world. In the narrow isthmus of Thermopylae, the proud Spartans put up a fierce resista ...
25 facts about Troy
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Troy is a famous ancient city, best known for the war described by Homer.  There were many settlements in its area, which fell into decline only to be ...
21 facts about Mali Empire
21 facts about Mali Empire
The medieval state of the Mandé peoples
The origins of Mali's empire date back to the early 13th century, when the country's first ruler won a victory at the Battle of Kuolikoro and took con ...
15 facts about Black death
15 facts about Black death
The Great Plague
Although the disease produced black necrotic tissue, people living at the time of the pandemic referred to it as "the great plague," "the great scourg ...
25 facts about Medieval world
25 facts about Medieval world
Despite appearances, it was a colorful and dynamic period of world history
Many people imagine the Middle Ages as a time of total asceticism, lack of education and extreme piety. In reality, it was a time of political intrigu ...
19 facts about Masada
19 facts about Masada
Masada is Israel's Thermopylae, a symbol of heroic resistance to the very end
The ancient fortress located on the Dead Sea was the site of bloody battles between Jewish insurgents and the Romans. The Zealots' attitude in defendi ...
32 facts about Jamestown
32 facts about Jamestown
The first permanent British colony in New World
Although it has not been the first attempt to establish a colony in North America, Jamestown is the first permanent British settlement in the present ...
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
The mound of the dead men
More than five thousand years ago, in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan), there was a mysterious civilization, called the Indus Civilization. It was one ...
18 facts about ancient Sumer
18 facts about ancient Sumer
The mysterious people of antiquity
We know little about them, but what we have established makes you dizzy. A people of unknown origin who created a civilization that was the cradle of ...
20 facts about Axum Empire
20 facts about Axum Empire
One of the most advanced ancient civilizations
The Axum Empire was one of the most remarkable powers of the ancient world. Located in the northern part of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, it once domin ...