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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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Medieval world
The Middle Ages were also a time of great chivalric battles. Some of them decided the fate of countries for centuries to come.
Some of the more important battles include The Battle of Fontenoy in 841, the Battle of Hastings in ...
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Kyshtym disaster
The Mayak combine is responsible for the appearance of a radioactive cloud over Europe in 2017.
A large area of the European Union was contaminated with the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106. Luck ...
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Jamestown
By the 1630s, Jamestown settlement was dominating the region of the eastern Virginia Peninsula.
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Troy
Troy is best known for the war that took place there, which is described in the ancient Greek epic poem The Iliad, written by Homer.
The Iliad was probably written in the 8th or 9th century BC. There are also references to Troy in an ...
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Jamestown
The first elected president of Jamestown was Edward Maria Wingfield.
Winfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London. He arrived in North America with i ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The group originally consisted of nine people.
They were Igor Dyatlov (23 years old), Yuri Yudin (21 years old), Zinaida Kolmogorova (22 years old) ...
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Masada
In 66 CE Masada was occupied by the Sicarii, the most radical faction of the Zealots (a group opposed to Roman rule over Palestine).
Under the command of Menachem, one of the leaders of the uprising against the Romans, the Sicarii di ...
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Jamestown
John Smith probably arrived in North America in shackles.
It was a result of mutiny aboard the ship. Since his name was among those chosen to govern the settlement, it saved his life from being hanged. He was elected president of Jamestown in September 1608.
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Medieval world
Those who think of the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages are mistaken.
Even as Europe was experiencing hard times between the 6th and 8th centuries, the Arab world was dev ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
One of the expedition's participants, Aleksandr Kolevatov, worked at Institute 3394 in Moscow.
Employees at Institute 3394 in Moscow focused on creating a nuclear shield, designing nuclear weapon ...
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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 ...