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In September 1957, residents noticed a strange yet spectacular colorful display in the sky that appeared to be just a weird form of the northern light. But it wasn’t anything harmless as it carried literal death with it after a nuclear disaster happened in the southwest of the Soviet Union. After the Chernobyl catastrophe, this […]
The 14-kilometer-wide Chicxulub asteroid responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs caused a gigantic global tsunami, much larger than what we know from modern history. The meteor that killed all dinosaurs 65 million years ago caused a one-and-a-half-mile tsunami when it hit the Gulf of Mexico. The First Moments After Impact To make accurate estimates […]
This crime story starts on the day that a 14-year old girl told local officers that she was being haunted by the ghost of a lady — first, they didn’t believe her, but later they found out the story behind this terrible happening. This became known as the Hello Kitty Murders. The Tortured and Raped Prostitute Fan […]
Maybe you remember Jennifer Pan, and it’s the girl who hired a hitman to kill her father and mother in 2010. Jennifer was the daughter of a Vietnamese immigrant couple that moved to Canada. She almost planned this murder perfectly. But the thing she didn’t expect and that ruined she planned that her father survived […]
The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was seen as the discoverer of America in 1492. However, he himself never knew that it was not India where he arrived, and on this day in 1498, he took off for his third voyage to explore the world. He made his name through his discovery of America under the […]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was married to Elizabeth II for more than 70 years. In April of last year, he died after having an eventful life. Despite being in the spotlight for years, there are still many things we don’t know about him. In this article, we’ll take a look at 6 things you […]
Do you remember all the Europeans making a mess of theories about the universe in the dark ages? Well, not in India. While we were teaching our children that we lived on a flat earth that’s the center of the universe, the Ancient Indians were discovering setting the fundamentals for modern astronomy. Around 2500 years […]
An island untouched by modern-day civilization. Does it even exist? Yes, it does. In the Indian Ocean, the Sentinelese people have lived on a small island for over 60000 years. They have been living there alone for as long as we can remember and have proven that they want to keep it that way. They […]
Many things caused World War I, like Big Militarism, Imperialism, or the many defense alliances. But the thing that made the tension in Europe really explode was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Serbian Black Hand. He was murdered on the 28th of June 1914 by a terrorist group called the Black Hand. […]
Perhaps one of the most notorious world leaders of the 20th and 21st century, Queen Elizabeth. We all know that she is the longest-reigning monarch that Great Britain has ever had, but what don’t we know about her? This article will give you an extensive view of 25 things you didn’t know about Queen Elizabeth […]