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Monday, 9 March 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
The main urban centers of this civilization were Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi.
Mohenjo-daro was the most advanced city of its time, with extraordinary urban planning and infrastructure.
Black death
Both travelers and national minorities were blamed for the spread of the epidemic.
Beggars, lepers, Jews, and visitors from distant lands were the most frequent targets of the angry crowds.
Troy
A number of phraseological compounds used in modern vocabulary come from the Trojan legend.
These include: "Achilles' heel", "apple of discord", "Trojan horse".
Medieval world
The Middle Ages were also the time of the Crusades. They were originally intended to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim hands, although political pressures sometimes took them in surprising directions.
The First Crusade was the only de facto successful expedition. Launched by Pope Urban in 1096, it re ...
Ancient Sumer
The Sumer left behind the oldest set of laws found so far - the Ur-Nammu code, which dates back to the 22nd - 21st century B.C.
Two clay tablets were found during the excavations at Nippur in 1902, and only three articles have b ...
Mali Empire
Sundiata was not an absolute ruler, as the title he used might suggest, although he had universal power in the empire.
The Mali Empire was probably a federation in which each tribe had a representative on the council. T ...
Kyshtym disaster
Kurchatov received more than 30.000 pages of secret documents from the Americans.
The Soviets received plans for the construction of a nuclear bomb, as well as information about the ...
Battle of Thermopylae
Darius I prepared for the expedition for three years.
He began to create a huge army and a navy. Under Persian law, which required the king to name a succ ...
Masada
In the first 100 years of its existence, the fortress did not play a significant role.
Masada fortress was located in a sun-baked desert area, far from cities (about 50 km from Jerusalem) and fertile valleys, on the edge of the dry Dead Sea basin.
Jamestown
John Rolfe’s tobacco plantation is the reason the colony survived.
Upon Rolfe’s arrival in Jamestown in 1610, he started a plantation with South American tobacco seeds ...