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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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Jamestown
A group of 104 settlers set on three ships–Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery–in December 1606.
They aimed to establish a permanent colony in North America. There have been previous attempts, howe ...
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Kyshtym disaster
The Soviets learned that uranium 235 was required to cause a nuclear explosion.
It accounted for 0.7% of natural uranium, and the required purity of uranium 235 in a nuclear bomb h ...
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Medieval world
The Middle Ages is an epoch of European history that lasted from the 5th to the end of the 15th or even to the beginning of the 16th century.
The beginning of the Middle Ages is considered to be the year 476, the dethronement of Romulus Augus ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria became the head of the Soviet nuclear program.
Beria was the head of the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR), Joseph Stalin's main instrument of genocide and terror.
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Mali Empire
A major unit of trade in the Mali Empire was salt.
It was as valuable, if not more valuable, than gold in sub-Saharan Africa. A particular source of it ...
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Mali Empire
The Mali Empire existed in West Africa from 1235 to 1645.
It was centered around the Manding region (between southern Mali and eastern Guinea). It encompassed most of the western part of the Sudan region - a historical and geographical land in Africa.
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Jamestown
The colonists were divided into three groups.
The first group was tasked with the construction of various buildings, including houses, fortificati ...
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Ancient Sumer
The origin of the Sumer is the subject of considerable research and speculation.
The dominant hypothesis is that they came from across the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula, ...
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Masada
In 73 AD Masada, occupied by the Sicarians, was one of the last three points of resistance against the Romans.
About 1,000 people lived in the fortress, including many women and children. The defense of Masada was led by Eleazar ben Jair, who was related to Menachem.
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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 ...
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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 ...