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Operation Canopus
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France exploded its first hydrogen bomb in 1968. Canopus (also Opération Canopus in French) was the code name for France's first two-stage thermonuclear test, conducted on August 24, 1968 at Fangataufa atoll. The test made France the fifth country to test a thermonuclear device after the United S...
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Dorset Mountain
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Dorset Mountain located in Vermont, on the border of Rutland and Bennington counties, is a mountain of the Taconic Range. Dorset Mountain is home to the largest underground marble quarry in the world. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. The mine is 1 ˝...
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Keris
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The Keris - Malay weapon, social symbol and talisman Before the gun was invented, the dagger and sword were generally regarded as the most used weapons in the medieval world. The keris, also spelt and pronounced as crease, creese, kreese and kris is synonymous with Malay culture. It originated in Ja...
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Thad Roberts
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Few life stories are as extraordinary as that of Thad Roberts. Roberts is back at the U, having served time in prison and worked at NASA. His story is almost beyond belief, involving high-stakes larceny and possibly resolving modern physics with itself. Roberts has served his prison time, but appar...
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Mururoa
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Mururoa (Mururura, Moruroa), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It has been used as a nuclear test site by France.
The first nuclear test was conducted on July 2, 1966, code named Aldebaran. 4...
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Prehistoric wooden posts
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The mystery surrounding the discovery of prehistoric wooden posts on the marshes in Waveney has deepened following the discovery of a third site. Three rows of Iron Age wooden posts were discovered on Beccles marshes in 2006, prompting experts to undertake a number of archaeological digs to try t...
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Pterobranch hemichordates
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525-million-year-old discovery of 'feathered helmet from beyond the clouds' Researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford have discovered a remarkable fossil which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures. The 525-million-year-old fossil belongs to a group of tentacl...
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The Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. Read more
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Battle of the Hydaspes
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The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander the Great in May or June 326 BC against King Porus of the Hindu Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab near Bhera in what is now modern-day Pakistan. The battle resulted in a complete Macedonian victory and...
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SS Norge
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SS Norge was a Danish passenger liner sailing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Kristiansand to New York, mainly with emigrants, which sank off Rockall in 1904 in the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean up to that time. On 28 June 1904 Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock, close to Rocka...
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1240 East Grayson
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The San Antonio Fire Department is investigating what they call a "suspicious" fire at a historic home on East Grayson Street. The vacant home located at 1240 East Grayson was badly burned Sunday afternoon. A placard on the side of the house read 1885, and according to an article publishe...
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Choreomania
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Outbreak of St. John's Dance in Aachen. (1374) Dancing mania (or choreomania) was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 18th centuries; it involved groups of people, sometimes thousands at a time, who danced uncontrollably and bizarrely. Men, women...
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The 1955 Le Mans disaster
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The 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race, when a crash caused large parts of racing car debris to fly into the crowd. Read more Spoiler
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Laser pointers
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Gregor said he didn't know why people point lasers at airplanes, but he noted that some of those arrested in the incidents had been consuming alcohol and others were teenagers. He said some contacts could also be accidents caused by amateur astronomers who use lasers to help them aim their telescope...
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747 E4B 'Doomsday' Plane
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'Doomsday Plane' Would Save President and Joint Chiefs in Apocalypse Scenario In the event of nuclear war, a powerful meteor strike or even a zombie apocalypse, the thoroughly protected doomsday plane is ready to keep the president, secretary of defence, Joint Chiefs of Staff and other key person...
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