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Because the speed of the Earth's rotation is slowing down due to the gravitational influence of the Moon, we have to add a second to the atomic clocks to avoid time bein…
Many people believe that SOS is an acronym for some rescue questions like
Although July 4 was chosen as a long-time anniversary, many people believe that the date is incorrect.
The seven new wonders of the world are a vote on a global scale, in order to find the seven greatest buildings that people ever built, besides the seven wonders of the a…
His first scientific work is known and appreciated as the book
Tesla is known for many revolutionary contributions in the fields of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The Valkyrie mission (in German: Walkür) was a conspiracy to assassinate German governor Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, at the command post of the Rastenburg district.
On July 20 of 47 years ago, the mission crew of Apollo 11 set foot on the Moon, officially marking the first time humans conquered another object outside of Earth.
Notable scientific events on July 23 in history.
On July 27, 1890, Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh went to the wheat field behind the castle in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, a few miles north of Paris, France and fired…
Human sacrifice is a bloody, bloody work that many ancient civilizations perform.
The United States during the Cold War affirmed its power to the socialist faction, after two successful trips to the Moon and explorers (Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 spacecra…
From thousands of years and forever, in the mind of Vietnamese people
Titanic was wrecked by crashing into an iceberg, causing more than 1,500 people to die. This shipwreck has gone down in history as the most serious maritime accident.
Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated and died later. Lincoln's assassination was planned and executed by John Wilkes Booth, a professional drama…