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In 79 AD, the eruption of Vesuvius buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash. The frozen-in-time city is a vital source of information about daily Roman life.
In 325, Emperor Constantine gathered bishops in Nicaea to resolve theological disputes about the relationship between the Father and the Son. The council produced…
In 1928, a petri dish of bacteria in a London lab was contaminated with mold. The mold killed the surrounding bacteria. Alexander Fleming's discovery paved the way…
The Marshall Plan, worth around $13 billion, helped Western Europe recover after World War II. It also served as a political tool in the early Cold War.
The eruption of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa in April 1815 was the largest in recorded history. Its ash and gas covered the atmosphere, causing the Year Without a…
After World War II, a Dutch painter was arrested for selling a Vermeer to Hermann Göring. He confessed to creating the fake painting himself, not selling national…
In August 1945, two atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands. While history records the events, the question of whether the bombings…
In 1590, Governor John White returned to Roanoke and found the settlement empty. The only clue was the word 'CROATOAN' carved into a post. The fate of the 115…
Between 1932 and 1933, millions died of famine in Ukraine due to Soviet collectivization policies and grain requisitioning. The event is verified, but its…
After World War II, the United States secretly brought over a thousand German scientists and technicians to the country. The program led to rocket and space…
On January 22, 1879, Zulu forces attacked a British camp at Isandlwana, killing over a thousand. The defeat shook the colonial government and changed the course of…
The stone inscription from the 18th century BCE contains nearly three hundred Babylonian legal provisions. The Hammurabi Code was not the first law, but became one…
