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Wednesday, 15 October 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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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."
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.
Ancient Sumer
The Sumer based their mathematical system on the number 60. As early as 3000 B.C., it was common to use multiplication, division, and exponentiation.
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.
Jamestown
The first elected president of Jamestown was Edward Maria Wingfield.
Winfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London. He arrived in North America with i ...
Jamestown
By the 1630s, Jamestown settlement was dominating the region of the eastern Virginia Peninsula.
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 ...
Battle of Thermopylae
On Xerxes’ orders, Leonidas’ body was desecrated-decapitated and then crucified.
Leonidas’ guards tightly surrounded his body, but the soldiers were too few and no longer had the st ...
Ancient Sumer
The most characteristic buildings of the Sumer civilization were ziggurats.
These are temple buildings with a stepped terrace structure. Currently, the best-preserved is the Ziggurat of Ur - built around 2100 B.C. Originally it was 21 meters high.
Dyatlov Pass incident
The theory with agents clarifies numerous threads in the Dyatlov Pass tragedy.
Researchers believe that the campfire under the tree was lit by agents, who then led the Dyatlov gro ...