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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…
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…
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…
Smallpox is a contagious disease caused by the variola virus. For centuries, it killed most of its victims, leaving scars on survivors, and spread through human…
After World War II, Germany was divided into Allied occupation zones, and Berlin, within the Soviet zone, was also split into four sectors. In 1949, two German…
In April 1983, West German magazine Stern announced it had found Adolf Hitler's personal diary. According to the magazine, the documents consisted of about 60…
The question of who first reached America seems simple but contains assumptions that need to be examined. The American continents were inhabited for thousands of…
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the Americas. This trade was…
In the summer of 1942, Germany launched Operation Blue, a major offensive against the Soviet Union. The goal was to seize the oil fields of the Caucasus and destroy…
