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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 Black Death pandemic swept through Asia, Europe, and the northern coasts of Africa between 1346 and 1353.
The exact toll of the disease is unknown, with estimates ranging from 75 to 200 million people killed.
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Mali Empire
The Mali Empire maintained a semi-professional, full-time army to defend its borders. It was a well-organized army with an elite corps of horsemen and infantry in each battalion. The entire nation was mobilized, and each clan was required to provide a certain number of soldiers of fighting age.
The army consisted of 100,000 soldiers, of which 10,000 were cavalry. In addition to weapons, it was ...
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Medieval world
In the Middle Ages, people did not believe that the earth was flat. At least in the circles of the enlightened people, the rest of society simply did not have such abstract questions in mind for them.
Educated people were well aware that the place they lived in was a sphere. This knowledge had been a ...
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Medieval world
In the Middle Ages, there was no need for a church wedding - no one associated marriage with God.
It was not until the 12th century that things changed. In 1164 the Church decided to recognise marri ...
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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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Battle of Thermopylae
At the head of the Greek army was Leonidas and his 300 bravest hoplites.
According to Herodotus, in selecting the 300 warriors, Leonidas paid attention to their degree of ma ...
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Mohenjo-daro
The original name of the city is unknown.
There is some speculation, after analyzing the seals found at Mohenjo-daro, that the ancient name of ...
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Medieval world
Vikings did not wear horned helmets. Such a vision of the Scandinavian warriors only came into existence in the 19th century thanks to the painters of that time who colored the figures of the invaders in this way.
To this day, archaeologists have not found a single Viking helmet with horns. As a rule, Vikings wore no helmets at all or simple conical helmets made of leather or iron.
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Kyshtym disaster
Igor Kurchatov became the scientific director of the Soviet scientific program.
Kurchatov was a nuclear physicist. He is considered the father of the Soviet atom.
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Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae Gorge has gone down in history as a symbol of sacrifice, a symbol of extraordinary valor and courage.
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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 ...