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  • Eugene Shoemaker, the only person whose remains rest on the Moon

  • The massive Pilat sand dune that devours trees and houses

    The massive Pilat sand dune that devours trees and houses

  • The highest mountain on Earth that no one has ever climbed

    The highest mountain on Earth that no one has ever climbed

  • How the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars were cleaned up

    How the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars were cleaned up

  • When Choctaws gave everything they owned to help the Irish during the Great Famine of 1847

    When Choctaws gave everything they owned to help the Irish during the Great Famine of 1847

    Ireland is a highly appreciated destination for a certain sector of travelers seeking something different from the classic sun and beach tourism. Landscape, mythology, music…

  • Graham’s number, so large that its ordinary representation would not fit in the observable universe

    Graham’s number, so large that its ordinary representation would not fit in the observable universe

    What is the largest number you can imagine? I’m sure more than one reader will paraphrase Han Solo, thinking they can imagine a lot. But…

  • The German female athlete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who turned out to be a man

    The German female athlete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who turned out to be a man

    A recent case is that of Caster Semenya, South African athlete twice Olympic champion and three times world champion in the middle-distance (800 meters, to…

  • The Colossus of Dionysus and the kouroi of Flerio, Greek statues from the 6th century B.C. that remain unfinished in the quarries of Naxos.

    The Colossus of Dionysus and the kouroi of Flerio, Greek statues from the 6th century B.C. that remain unfinished in the quarries of Naxos.

    The island of Naxos is the largest of the Cyclades in extension, famous and coveted since ancient times for its wealth and its white marble,…

  • The fantastic cargo of the Uluburun, a Bronze Age ship of uncertain origin

    The fantastic cargo of the Uluburun, a Bronze Age ship of uncertain origin

    In 1982 an amateur diver searching for sponges off the coast of the city of Kaç in Turkey came across something spectacular. The wreck of…

  • Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan

    Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan

    On August 10, 1519 began the expedition that circumnavigated the globe for the first time. We all know the names of several of its protagonists:…

  • Belzoni, the pioneer of Egyptology who unearthed the temples of Abu Simbel and opened an entrance to the pyramid of Khafre

    Belzoni, the pioneer of Egyptology who unearthed the temples of Abu Simbel and opened an entrance to the pyramid of Khafre

    The beginnings of archaeology in general and Egyptology in particular, beyond the curiosity that the ruins unleashed in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, came between…

  • Battle of Mons Badonicus, the first documentary reference to King Arthur

    Battle of Mons Badonicus, the first documentary reference to King Arthur

    No matter how many novels and films have dealt with his figure, some in a fantastic tone, others more realistic, it is very difficult to…

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Archaeology


  • Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

    Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

  • When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.

    When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.

  • The solar alignment that occurs twice a year in the temple of Abu Simbel

    The solar alignment that occurs twice a year in the temple of Abu Simbel

Culture


  • Albinoni’s Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto in 1945.

    Albinoni’s Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto in 1945.

  • The controversial right of the prisoner to escape, which is not a crime in countries such as Germany or Belgium

    The controversial right of the prisoner to escape, which is not a crime in countries such as Germany or Belgium

  • The curious case of Maltese, the only Semitic language in the European Union

    The curious case of Maltese, the only Semitic language in the European Union

History


  • The Egyptian-Phoenician expedition that circumnavigated Africa more than 2,500 years ago

    The Egyptian-Phoenician expedition that circumnavigated Africa more than 2,500 years ago

  • Miyamoto Musashi, the invincible warrior who won more than 60 duels

    Miyamoto Musashi, the invincible warrior who won more than 60 duels

  • How the ancient Greeks invented a telegraphic system for transmitting messages

    How the ancient Greeks invented a telegraphic system for transmitting messages

Geography


  • In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world

    In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world

  • 10 amazing geographical facts

    10 amazing geographical facts

  • The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls and looks like a fingerprint from above the air.

    The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls and looks like a fingerprint from above the air.

Antiquity


  • Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

    Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

  • The huge island mentioned by Herodotus that disappeared from maps in the 15th century

    The huge island mentioned by Herodotus that disappeared from maps in the 15th century

  • The Egyptian-Phoenician expedition that circumnavigated Africa more than 2,500 years ago

    The Egyptian-Phoenician expedition that circumnavigated Africa more than 2,500 years ago

Art


  • World’s oldest portrait, carved in ivory 26,000 years ago

    World’s oldest portrait, carved in ivory 26,000 years ago

  • Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23

    Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23

  • Fort Samaipata, the largest rupestrian architectural work in the world

    Fort Samaipata, the largest rupestrian architectural work in the world

Middle Ages


  • The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour for 9 centuries

    The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour for 9 centuries

  • The true history of Rollo, the Viking from whom all current European monarchs descend

    The true history of Rollo, the Viking from whom all current European monarchs descend

  • Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland

    Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland

WWII


  • Kohima, the fiery battle that prevented the Japanese from invading India.

    Kohima, the fiery battle that prevented the Japanese from invading India.

  • The World War II airmen who survived falls from thousands of feet high.

    The World War II airmen who survived falls from thousands of feet high.

  • The Japanese ambassador to Berlin who involuntarily made Normandy landings easier to the Allies

    The Japanese ambassador to Berlin who involuntarily made Normandy landings easier to the Allies

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