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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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Dyatlov Pass incident
Many theories point to the unfounded assumption of the post-mortem origins of some injuries.
The evidence gathered in the case does not definitively support any of the assumptions. It was unani ...
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Mali Empire
In 1235, at the Battle of Koulikoro, Sudiata Kaita defeated the armies of the Soso state, which allowed him to control the trans-Saharan trade routes.
Five years later he conquered the kingdom of Ghana, gaining access to rich gold and salt deposits. I ...
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Kyshtym disaster
The procedure of pouring waste into the Techa continued until 1956.
More than 28,000 people lived along the river in 38 villages. For most of them, the Techa River was ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Only after the Chernobyl reactor explosion in 1986 did the Soviets begin to reduce the amount of waste poured into Lake Karachay.
They also began to backfill the lake. However, they did it very ineptly and explained it by lack of ...
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Medieval world
The strangest medieval footwear comes from Cracow in Poland. These shoes are, of course, crakows, flat with a short shaft and a ridiculously long toe.
They came on the market around 1330 and became incredibly popular in Western Europe, where they were ...
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Troy
Troy VI was destroyed by an earthquake. 
Archaeologists have also found many arrowheads and spears, as well as sling projectiles. The city, weakened by the earthquake, was probably attacked and looted.
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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 ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
In the case of the Dyatlov Pass tragedy, the involvement of the Mansi is also a popular hypothesis.
The Mansi inhabit the Siberian territories between the Urals and the Ob River. It is an autonomous g ...
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Troy
The city was founded on a grassy plain, on a site indicated by a patched cow.
According to Greek mythology, the city was founded by Ilos, sometimes called Ilion, son of Tros of D ...
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Mali Empire
It was founded by Sundiata Keita, who later became King Mansa, which in the Mande language means king of kings.
Sundiata is also known as Sogolon Djata (the name Sogolon is borrowed from his mother, the "Buffalo Woman," so called because of her ugliness and hump).
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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 ...