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Tuesday, 30 December 2025
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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Troy
Troy VI, which existed between 1700 and 1300 BC, was already a large city with strong fortifications.
Archaeological excavations show that it had a citadel. The stone walls were almost 5 metres thick an ...
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Kyshtym disaster
The Soviets decided to produce plutonium 239, with which they wanted to replace uranium 235.
It takes one ton of uranium to produce 500 grams of weapons-grade plutonium (plutonium 239), and 5-1 ...
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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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Jamestown
The war lasted for the next ten years.
It is known as the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. As usual, the Powhatans withdrew after several months, ...
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Axum Empire
According to scholars, the ships of Aksum may have reached to present-day South Africa, but there is no scientific evidence for this.
However, translated Aksumite texts about the lands they reached may support such speculation.
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Mali Empire
There are 150,000 manuscripts in the collections of Timbuktu's private and public libraries.
Some of them date back to the 13th century. Researchers believe there are many thousands more under ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
The exact date of the Battle of Thermopylae is not known.
Historians point to several dates for the battle: July 21-23, August 20, and September 8-10, 480 BC. However, most are inclined to the position that it was August 480 BC.
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Masada
Masada has become a symbol for Israelis of heroic struggle to the very end.
Swearing-in ceremonies are regularly held at the ruins for Israeli soldiers, who take a military oath that reads, "Masada shall never fall again."
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Jamestown
By January 1608, only 38 of the initial Jamestown inhabitants were accounted for.
The settlers drank salty water, most likely contaminated with arsenic. They contracted various disea ...
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Black death
The first European city to fall victim to the Black Death was Constantinople.
The plague arrived there in the summer of 1347 and killed, among others, the 13-year-old son of the then Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.
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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 ...