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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
The history of Jamestown was romanticized over the years and led to the production of Walt Disney’s animated movie Pocahontas.
It tells the love story of Captain John Smith and the daughter of the Chief of Powhatan Indians. The ...
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 ...
Jamestown
Pocahontas was a nickname given to an Indian girl named Matoaka by her parents in childhood.
It means a “playful one.” Matoaka was the daughter of the leader of Powhatans living nearby Jamestow ...
Mohenjo-daro
The cause of their violent death could not have been a volcanic eruption, as there had never been an active volcano in this area.
Scientists are wondering if one day, on a hill near the city, there was a massive explosion, as a re ...
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 ...
Battle of Thermopylae
Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”
Along the road near Thermopylae stands a monument to King Leonidas commemorating his role in world history.
Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas ordered his soldiers to fight to the end.
According to the account of Plutarch (one of the greatest writers of ancient Greece, philosopher, hi ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Some analyses assume that after leaving the tent, the hikers descended or ran down the slope and then lit a campfire.
The prosecutors, investigative journalists, and amateur researchers disagree on the speed at which t ...
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 ...
Black death
An Oriental rat flea infected with plague bacteria quickly experienced a blockage of the anterior intestine due to the biofilm produced by the bacterium.
The blockage of the digestive tract increased the insect's hunger and activity. While feeding on the host, the plague bacilli entered its system and the infection spread.