April 26, 1986, is a date that will forever be etched in history. The world’s fourth largest nuclear reactor, Chernobyl Reactor 4, went into meltdown on that day. What followed was the worst nuclear disaster in history. Thirty-one years later, the effects of Chernobyl are still being felt. Decades later, something amazing happened – Chernobyl […]
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During the thousand years of the Middle Ages, the Church held considerable power all over Medieval Europe. Their influence was so great that they made laws and had a major say in how the monarchs ran their kingdoms. As it was a separate entity from the government at the time, they weren’t taxed even though
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Human civilization has been around for a long time, and we’ve invented some wonderful things throughout history. But unfortunately, there are lots of ancient technologies that have been lost to time. In some societies, the method was so commonplace that nobody ever thought to write it down, and as those empires fell, we lost the
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The period from the end of World War 2 through to (by some accounts) the early 1990s, commonly called the Cold War, is most often remembered as a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were sharply at odds, only moments away from nuclear warfare at any given time. But there was a
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Queen Mary I was known by many names during her reign as Queen of England by her many critics. She was called Bloody Mary for her harsh treatment of Protestants, which earned her a reputation as a cruel and heartless ruler. But why did she deserve this nickname? Let’s look at the events that led
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There are many tales of people who have lived to be very old, but the story of Old Tom Parr is perhaps one of the most interesting; some claim that he lived to be 152 years old! Obviously, this cannot be confirmed, but some evidence suggests he may have been quite elderly when he died.
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Sealand is a tiny country located in the North Sea, about 12 miles off the coast of England. It is considered the smallest country in the world, which once had a population of 50 people. Sealand was created in 1967 by Paddy Roy Bates, who declared it an independent nation after he and his family
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On April 15, 1912, the Titanic—then the world’s largest and most luxurious passenger ship—sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg, taking more than 1,500 lives with it. In 1985, the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered by a French and American expedition about 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, and
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Colorized historical photographs bring history to life in a way that has never been possible before. By adding color to black and white images, these photographs can provide a more realistic representation of what life looked like during different historical periods. Historically, we’ve relied on written accounts and paintings to understand what people and places
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A zombie apocalypse is definitely on top of our list of things to avoid in our lifetime. The myriad stories and movies centered around walking corpses who can multiply in the blink of an eye sound scary enough. Coupled with a single bite and turning on their loved ones with little to no clue what
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