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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
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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Troy
A number of phraseological compounds used in modern vocabulary come from the Trojan legend.
These include: "Achilles' heel", "apple of discord", "Trojan horse".
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Kyshtym disaster
When the Americans completed the "Manhattan Project" in 1945, the Soviets did not have the infrastructure, schematics, and materials necessary to participate in the nuclear weapons race.
The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government plan to obtain nuclear energy and use it to produ ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The poses in which each corpse was found are also analyzed.
The corpses found by the campfire lay side by side on their backs, had their arms crossed behind the ...
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Axum Empire
From the sixth century, the gradual decline of the Axum began.
The empire got into numerous wars with the Persians and various kingdoms of the Arabian Peninsula. W ...
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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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Dyatlov Pass incident
One hypothesis was that there had been an explosion in the area where the expedition participants were found.
The argument in support of this thesis was the condition of Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolle's skull and s ...
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Troy
The history of the city dates back to 3000 BC.
It is most likely that the first settlement, now known as Troy I, existed from 3000 to 2500 BC. The ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
A theory generating a lot of excitement is related to mysterious light phenomena occurring in the Urals region.
One of the most mysterious yet partially documented phenomena occurring in the Northern Urals is lig ...
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Medieval world
The greatest battle of the Middle Ages was the Battle of Grunwald. The clash between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place on the 15th of July 1410. 
It was a decisive battle between two huge armies, each numbering from a dozen to tens of thousands. ...
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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 ...