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Wednesday, 10 June 2026
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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Mohenjo-daro
Another hypothesis put forward by a team of American geologists is that 140 km north of Mohenjo-daro was the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that changed the Indus Valley.
Powerful tremors caused the ground surface to rise, which blocked the river and its waters changed c ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Yuri Doroshenko and Georgy Yuri Krivonishchenko were found in just their underwear.
The cause of death for both was hypothermia. According to the official autopsy report, both had fros ...
Mali Empire
There were three major gold mines within the borders of the Mali Empire.
At the beginning of the 14th century, Mali was the source of almost half of the gold exported to the ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov's morbid ambition does not convince analysts of the February 1959 event.
Opinions of Dyatlov's acquaintances and friends vary dramatically - some point out that he was a ver ...
Battle of Thermopylae
Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”
Along the road near Thermopylae stands a monument to King Leonidas commemorating his role in world history.
Axum Empire
The most famous stele is the so-called Obelisk of Aksum.
It is a syenite stele, 23 meters high and weighing over 100 tons. It was erected around the 4th cent ...
Mohenjo-daro
Of all the artifacts found in Mohenjo-daro, the most valuable are two sculptures: of a Priest-King, which is located in Pakistan, and of the Dancing Girl, in a museum in New Delhi.
Among the archaeological materials found, there are also images of pregnant women and a female deity in the type of the Mother Goddess, which may indicate the existence of a fertility cult there.
Axum Empire
The city of Aksum, which still exists today (its ancient remains), was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980 for its historical value.
The city was founded around the fifth century BC, was the capital of the first Ethiopian state, the ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
The last entry in Dyatlov's diary is dated January 31, 1959.
He wrote, "it is hard to believe how cozy it can be on a mountain ridge, with the penetrating howl of the wind, hundreds of kilometers from populated places."
Dyatlov Pass incident
An indisputable fact is that numerous items were found and the general area where the tragedy took place was outlined.
On February 26, 1959, the tourists' tent was found with the participants' jackets and footwear insid ...