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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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Troy
The Iliad - Homer's beautiful epic - led to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.
As late as the 19th century, historians and archaeologists were convinced that the Trojan War and Tr ...
Kyshtym disaster
After significantly reducing the amount of radioactive waste poured into Techa, the Soviets began disposing of it into Lake Karachay.
The Soviets, despite the huge number of irregularities, expanded the combine by adding new reactors ...
Troy
Homer's poem does not describe the entire war, but only 50 days in its final year, when a breakthrough happened.
Dyatlov Pass incident
Some analyses assume that after leaving the tent, the hikers descended or ran down the slope and then lit a campfire.
The prosecutors, investigative journalists, and amateur researchers disagree on the speed at which t ...
Battle of Thermopylae
Xerxes hoped that, seeing the might of the Persian army, the Spartans and their allies would flee.
He waited a few days, then sent messengers with a demand for surrender, i.e. a demand for “land and ...
Mali Empire
During the heyday of the Mali Empire, which was in the first half of the 14th century, Mansa Kankana Musa I, also known as Mansa Musa, ruled.
He was the tenth Mansa to reign from 1312 to 1337. He became famous for his expedition to Mecca and ...
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 ...
Ancient Sumer
In order to take advantage of the fertile lands they inhabited, the Sumer invented the plow.
It is also suspected they developed an irrigation system.
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, ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
At the entrance to the pass, a monument was erected to honor the dead tourists.
The four-meter sculpture is located about 50 meters from the place where the tent of the Dyatlov gro ...