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The Silvertown explosion
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The Silvertown explosion occurred in Silvertown in West Ham, Essex (now part of the London Borough of Newham, in Greater London) on Friday, 19 January 1917 at 6.52 pm. Read more
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Entoprocta
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New insights into anatomy of ancient tentacled creature Scientists have shed light on a peculiar tentacled marine creature that lived 520 million years ago. Experts thought that Cotyledion tylodes may have belonged to the jellyfish-like cnidarian group. But new anatomical evidence from the an...
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Saturn V
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Otona no Chogokin Saturn V This exquisitely accurate 1/144-scale reproduction is based on many specialised documents and other data. In addition, during development of this product, Bandai sought and received the full cooperation of the web site "Apollo Maniacs," a favourite of Apo...
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Aswan Dam
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The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam. 1960: Start of construction on 9 January 1964: First dam construction stage completed, reservoir started filling 1970: The High Dam, as-Sad al-'Aali, comple...
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Koutroulou Magoula
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Archaeologists unearth more than 300 prehistoric clay figurines in Greece Archaeologists from the University of Southampton studying a Neolithic archaeological site in central Greece have helped unearth over 300 clay figurines, one of the highest density for such finds in south-eastern Euro...
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Johannes Fabricius
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Celebrating 400 Years of Sunspot Observations Johannes Fabricius published the first scientific manuscript, titled De Maculis in Sole observatis et Apparente earum cum Sole Conversione Narratio (Narration on Spots Observed on the Sun and their Apparent Rotation with the Sun), on sunspots in J...
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La Befana
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La Befana....the Witch of Christmas
Never mind Santa Claus......time to return to the more ancient present giver of Christmas, La Befana, who brings modest presents of cakes etc on Old Christmas Eve (aka Twelfth Night) January 5. She is being celebrated in Carlton on Old Christmas Day (aka Epiph...
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The Carnegie Institution
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The Carnegie Institution was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902. Its first president was Daniel Coit Gilman, founding president of the Johns Hopkins University. One of the first grant recipients was George Hale in 1904. Read more
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McDonald Islands
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The Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI) are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. Neither island cluster had recorded visitors until the mid-1850s. Peter Kemp, a British s...
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Bouvet Island
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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an ina...
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Stonehaven Fireball Festival
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Revellers can also go for something different and immerse themselves in pagan tradition at Stonehaven's Fireball Festival. Thousands come to watch locals swinging blazing fireballs of up to three feet in diameter above their heads as they march through the town to traditional piping and drummin...
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Hum, Scientists find Extraterrestrial genes in Human DNA A group of researchers working at the Human Genome Project indicate that they made an astonishing scientific discovery: They believe so-called 97% non-coding sequences in human DNA is no less than genetic code of extraterrestrial life fo...
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
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The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line is a subway line located in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of the of Tokyo Metro network. The portion between Ueno and Asakusa was completed on December 30, 1927 and publicized as "the first underground railway in the Orient." Upon its opening, the line was so popular t...
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B-24 Liberator
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First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator American heavy bomber on the 29th December 1939 Read moreSpoiler
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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