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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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Medieval world
The oldest medieval university in Europe is the University of Bologna.
Founded in 1088, it originally specialized in the teaching of canon and civil law. Beginning in the ...
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Jamestown
According to historians, the fate of Jamestown could have been sealed at the turn of 1609 and 1610.
A new group of settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1609. However, ships carrying enough supplies for th ...
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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 ...
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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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Axum Empire
According to Ethiopian church tradition, the Ark of the Covenant is kept in the Chapel of the Tablets in Axum, the capital of the former empire.
In line with the 14th-century accounts, Menelik I-Ebna la-Hakim (10th century BC), the first king of ...
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Jamestown
Newcomers that arrived in Jamestown in 1610, helped preserve the colony.
New colonists consisted of skilled carpenters, farmers, laborers, and shipwrights. Moreover, the number of supplies brought from England allowed Jamestown settlers to survive and expand.
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Mohenjo-daro
One of the large buildings in Mohenjo-daro has been identified as the “Great Granary”.
There were separate rooms that could have been grain storage facilities, equipped with air ducts for ...
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Medieval world
Not all people in the Middle Ages were pious and God-fearing.
Of course, many people believed in God, prayed fervently, participated in religious rites, and even ...
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Kyshtym disaster
After the successful test of the plutonium bomb, the Mayak combine began to develop intensively.
The number of reactors was increased, and consequently, the rate and amount of weapons-grade plutoni ...
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Kyshtym disaster
As a result of the explosion, the cooling system of the remaining radioactive waste tanks was damaged.
A meter-long mound of earth was prepared at the epicenter of the explosion. Then Soviets drilled int ...
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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 ...