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Saturday, 21 February 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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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.
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 ...
Jamestown
Until the end of the 20th century, tobacco was the number-one export product of Virginia.
South American tobacco was much sweeter and quickly gained popularity in England.
Masada
The siege of Masada was led by the Roman general Flavius Silva, who commanded an army that, according to various sources, numbered between 5,000 and 15,000 soldiers.
The army included the 10th Legion Fretensis (a legion formed by Octavian, probably in Sicily, specialized in siege operations) and 6 auxiliary cohorts.
Kyshtym disaster
The story of the so-called "Kyshtym Dwarf" is also connected with the Kyshtym disaster.
In 1996, information circulated the world from a resident of the Kaolinovo village (about 15 kilomet ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Rustem Slobodin's autopsy revealed a fracture of the frontal bone of the skull.
In all likelihood, the injury caused Slobodin to lose consciousness, which ended in death from hypot ...
Jamestown
On July 30th, 1619, the representatives of the Virginia colony formed the first legislative assembly, called the General Assembly.
It was the first step in creating the body of government that developed into the present-day United ...
Black death
The plague was caused by the bubonic plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis), which was unknown to physicians of the time and for which there were no drugs.
The final argument in favor of this theory was provided by a 2010 study published in PLOS Pathogens, ...
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 ...
Mali Empire
By 1350, the empire covered about 1,240,140 square kilometers. It ruled over 400 cities, towns, and villages. At the time, only the Mongol Empire was larger.
The total area of the empire included almost all of the land between the Sahara and the coastal fore ...