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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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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 ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
The theory with agents clarifies numerous threads in the Dyatlov Pass tragedy.
Researchers believe that the campfire under the tree was lit by agents, who then led the Dyatlov gro ...
Kyshtym disaster
At the epicenter of the explosion, contamination exceeded 1,000 X-rays per hour (1,000 R/h), or 10,000 millisieverts per hour (mSv/h).
Within 100 meters of the blast's epicenter, gamma radiation exceeded 360 R/h, exceeding the annual n ...
Ancient Sumer
The Sumer civilization is considered the first civilization on Earth.
It is assumed that the peak of the development of their civilization was in the years 3 750 - 2 004 B.C.
Jamestown
Since 2022, Jamestown has been listed as one of the country’s most endangered historic places in the U.S.
Frequent flooding, caused by rising sea levels, and the general location of the settlement, affects this still active dig site, and its treasures.
Battle of Thermopylae
Darius I prepared for the expedition for three years.
He began to create a huge army and a navy. Under Persian law, which required the king to name a succ ...
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 ...
Mali Empire
During the heyday of the Mali Empire, which was in the first half of the 14th century, Mansa Kankana Musa I, also known as Mansa Musa, ruled.
He was the tenth Mansa to reign from 1312 to 1337. He became famous for his expedition to Mecca and ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
In 2008, the so-called "slab avalanche" hypothesis was put forward.
With the help of a book titled “Mysteries of the Death of the Dyatlov Group," written by Yevgeny Buy ...
Axum Empire
One of the churches in ancient Aksum, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, is said to have the Ark of the Covenant in its possession. However, the shrine is guarded by a single guardian (a monk) and no one is allowed inside, not even the rulers of Ethiopia or the heads of the Ethiopian church.
Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion was built in the 17th century on a previously destroyed one that pro ...