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Menai Suspension Bridge
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The Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was opened to much fanfare on 30 January 1826 and reduced the journey time from London to Holyhead from 36 to 27 hours, a saving of 9 hours. Read more[spoi...
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Battle of Cisterna
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The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on 30 January-2 February 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as part of the battle of Anzio that followed Operation Shingle. Read moreSpoiler
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Hadrian
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It took him nigh on 2,000 years, but Hadrian, the Roman emperor, has finally returned to inspect his legacy the he built to consolidate the borders of his empire and to control the troublesome Scots. A priceless bronze head of Hadrian, one and a quarter times lifesize, which was recovered from the Tha...
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The Marias Massacre
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The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Indians by the United States Army which took place in Montana during the late nineteenth century Indian Wars. Read more
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DeLorean DMC-12
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The DeLorean DMC-12 (commonly referred to simply as The DeLorean as it was the only model ever produced by the company) is a sports car manufactured by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981-82. The first prototype appeared in October 1976, and production officiall...
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Nuclear decay
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A German physicist thinks he may have found a way to accelerate the process of nuclear decay, dramatically shortening the half life of dangerous nuclear waste.
Claus Rolfs, chair of experimental physics at Ruhr University, and his team suggest that embedding an alpha emitter in metal and cool...
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Battle of Falkirk Muir
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The Battle of Falkirk Muir, 17 January 1746 During the Second Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Falkirk Muir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice) was the last noteworthy Jacobite success. Read more
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Rana fisheri
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The Vegas Valley Leopard frog (Rana fisheri) is a species of frog previously declared extinct. While it has been extirpated from the Las Vegas area, the frog is no longer considered extinct because it is the same species as the Chiricahua Leopard Frog. Read more
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The Battle of Bear Valley
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The Battle of Bear Valley was a small engagement fought in 1918 between a band of Yaquis and a detachment of United States Army soldiers. Though the conflict was merely a skirmish, it was the last time the United States Army engaged hostile native Americans in combat and thus has been seen as one of the f...
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Battle of Wolf Mountain
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The Battle of Wolf Mountain, also known the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, and the Battle of the Butte, occurred January 8, 1877 in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne during the Great Sioux War of 187...
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Roman shipwreck
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2000 year old roman shipwreck discovered off Italian coast Divers searching off Italy's northeastern coast have discovered the wreck of a trade ship believed to have sunk there about two-thousand years ago. Read more
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CQD
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CQD, transmitted in Morse code as - · - · - - · - - · · is one of the first distress signals adopted for radio use. It was announced on January 7, 1904, by "Circular 57" of the Marconi International Marine Communication Company, and became effective, beginning February 1, 1904 for Marconi inst...
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Lakeview Gusher Number One
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Lakeview Gusher Number One was an immense out-of-control pressurised oil well in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California. It created the largest accidental oil spill in history, lasting 18 months and releasing 9 million barrels (1.4x106 m³) of crude oil. The Lakeview Oil Company s...
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Battle of Wakefield
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The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. Read moreSpoiler
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Heteralocha acutirostris
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The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was the largest species of New Zealand wattlebird and was endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Read more (Extinct, 28 December 1907)
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