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2,000-year-old tombs bear secrets of ancient Tibetan kingdom Four tombs recently unearthed in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region are believed to contain relics from an ancient Tibetan kingdom that thrived more than 2,000 years ago. The tombs, found in Gar County of Ngari Prefecture, wer...
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Patagonian ice field
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Patagonian ice field is melting 1.5 times faster than in prior 25 years A little-studied mass of ice in South America is undergoing some big changes: The Southern Patagonian Ice Field lost ice volume at a 50 percent faster rate between 2000-2012 than it did between 1975-2000, according to new analys...
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European Astronomy Journalism Prize
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Brand new European Astronomy Journalism Prize launches at NAM A new journalism competition to capture and promote inspirational coverage of astronomy will be launched on Thursday 29 March at the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester. The prize is the ultimate for any astronomy enthusiast - a...
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Ardbeg distillery
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Space station used for Ardbeg distillery experiments An island distillery has taken to space in a bid to discover the taste of the future. Experiments using malt from the Ardbeg distillery on Islay are being carried out on the International Space Station to see how it matures without gravity. [url=...
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Land speed record, 1935
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Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 - 31 December 1948) was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist. He set his final land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on 3 September 1935, and was the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, averaging 301.337 mph (484.955 km/...
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Pyxis planicauda
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Last stand of the Madagascan spider tortoise Under a worst case scenario, scientists calculate that spider tortoises could disappear in a matter of a few decades: less than a single tortoise's lifespan. As a result, in 2008 it was listed as critically endangered on the IUCN's Red List for Threatene...
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Battle of Cooch's Bridge
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The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, was a skirmish fought on September 3, 1777, between American militia and primarily German soldiers serving alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Read more Legend has it that Betsy Ross' famous flag was...
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Allied invasion of Italy
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The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on September 3, 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising Lieutenant General Mark Clark's U.S. Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) during the Second World War. Read more
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San Marino
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San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (Italian: Repubblica di San Marino) and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the north-eastern s...
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Goldau Landslide, 1806
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Goldau is a city in the community of Arth, canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. On September 2, 1806 heavy rains triggered a landslide of 120 million tonnes (40 million cubic metres) from the Rossberg which destroyed Goldau and the adjacient villages Busingen, Röthen and Lauerz. Read more
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The Battle of Actium
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The Battle of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic. It was fought between the forces of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII. The battle took place on 2 September 31 BC, on the Ionian Sea near the city of Actium, at the Roman province o...
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The Great Fire of London 1666
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The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. Read more
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United States Air Force Space Command
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Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is a major command of the United States Air Force, with headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Missile warning and space operations were combined to form Air Force Space Command in 1982. During the Cold War, space operations focused on missile warning, a...
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Ham Hill Hillfort
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Somerset's Ham Hill iron age fort excavation under way A major excavation is under way to explore the unclear history of Britain's largest Iron Age hill fort. The purpose of the Ham Hill site in Somerset is not known but researchers are now hoping to gain a deeper insight into life 2,000 years ago. [url...
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Noltland figurine
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A third 5,000-year-old hand-carved figurine has been discovered during excavations on Orkney. Archaeologists had previously unearthed two ancient figurines in 2009 and 2010 at the dig at Links of Noltland in Westray. All three will go on display at the Westray Heritage Centre. [url=http://ww...
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