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Chernobyl Divers

The Chernobyl Disaster Could Have Been Ten Times Worse and Could Have Affected Most of Europe if Three Volunteer Divers Did Not Drain a Pool to Prevent the Second Explosion.

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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that happened on April 26, 1986, at the 4th Reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The official death toll recognized by the international community is 31, but there is speculation of more. But did you know a second explosion was prevented by volunteers? The Chernobyl disaster could […]

The Chernobyl Disaster Could Have Been Ten Times Worse and Could Have Affected Most of Europe if Three Volunteer Divers Did Not Drain a Pool to Prevent the Second Explosion. Read More »

Valery Khodemchuk

The First Victim of the Chernobyl Disaster was Valery Khodemchuk. He Died as the Reactor Exploded. His Body was Never Found and was Entombed in the Wreckage of the Power Plant.

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The worst nuclear accident in history, the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster, occurred on April 25 and 26, 1986, in what is now northern Ukraine, when a reactor at a nuclear power plant exploded and burned. The incident, shrouded in secrecy, was a watershed moment in both the Cold War and the history of nuclear power. Scientists

The First Victim of the Chernobyl Disaster was Valery Khodemchuk. He Died as the Reactor Exploded. His Body was Never Found and was Entombed in the Wreckage of the Power Plant. Read More »

Mr. Trashwheel

Mr. Trash Wheel is an Anthropomorphised Trash Interceptor Who Has Inspired a Series of Trash Interceptors like Professor Trash Wheel, Captain Trash Wheel, and Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West.

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Trash interceptors are becoming more common in large cities, preventing garbage from floating down waterways. Mr. Trash Wheel is Baltimore’s pride, contributing to a cleaner, more beautiful city waterfront. But do you know how Mr. Trash Wheel influenced other trash-collecting characters? Mr. Trash Wheel is an anthropomorphized trash collector who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr.

Mr. Trash Wheel is an Anthropomorphised Trash Interceptor Who Has Inspired a Series of Trash Interceptors like Professor Trash Wheel, Captain Trash Wheel, and Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West. Read More »

Washing Hands using Toilet

Toilet Paper Isn’t Commonly Used in India. Instead, Indians Consider It More Hygienic to Splash Yourself with Water Using Your Bare Hands for Cleaning Up.

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Understanding how Indians clean their bottoms necessitates a closer look at Indian culture. It requires an examination of the Indian concept of purity and pollution. This analysis reveals how the culture views cleanliness, differs from the West and governs hundreds of millions of people’s daily rituals. But did you know Indians, like most Asians, prefer

Toilet Paper Isn’t Commonly Used in India. Instead, Indians Consider It More Hygienic to Splash Yourself with Water Using Your Bare Hands for Cleaning Up. Read More »

Amtrak

Amtrak Trains are Often Delayed Whenever Freight Trains Illegally Slow Down.

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Amtrak is a passenger railroad service that provides medium and long-distance inter-city rail service in 46 states and 9 cities in Canada. It was founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation and receives state and federal subsidies. But did you ever wonder why Amtrak trains are often delayed? Freight trains frequently illegally impede Amtrak trains.

Amtrak Trains are Often Delayed Whenever Freight Trains Illegally Slow Down. Read More »

Bermuda

Bermuda has No Natural Source of Water. Each Home is Designed to Collect Rainwater with the Use of White Stepped Roofing.

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A British traveler will feel quite at home in Bermuda, even though the climate there is warmer and brighter than anything possibly experienced in the British Isles. Many of the 60,000 people who live on the island are housed in pastel-colored limestone buildings with architecture reminiscent of British towns and villages. But did you know

Bermuda has No Natural Source of Water. Each Home is Designed to Collect Rainwater with the Use of White Stepped Roofing. Read More »

Aluminum

What Element was Once More Expensive Than Gold?

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Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and the atomic number 79, making it one of the naturally occurring elements with a higher atomic number. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in its pure form. In chemistry, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.

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John Cockcroft, the man who insisted that the windscale nuclear power plant chimney stacks be fitted with high performance filters that saved much of norther England from becoming a nuclear wasteland after the reactor caught fire was mocked for his caution before the accident.

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Windscale fire The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom’s history, and one of the worst in the world, ranked in severity at level 5 out of a possible 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The fire took place in Unit 1 of the two-pile Windscale

John Cockcroft, the man who insisted that the windscale nuclear power plant chimney stacks be fitted with high performance filters that saved much of norther England from becoming a nuclear wasteland after the reactor caught fire was mocked for his caution before the accident. Read More »

Texas has it’s own separate electrical grid from the rest of the US. This was done for political purposes so that they didn’t have to deal with Federal regulations.

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Texplainer: Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? This story was originally published in 2011. If you’re looking for the latest updates on the February 2021 winter storm, head over to our homepage or follow us on Twitter. Why does Texas have its own electric grid? Texas’ secessionist inclinations have at least one modern

Texas has it’s own separate electrical grid from the rest of the US. This was done for political purposes so that they didn’t have to deal with Federal regulations. Read More »

After the 2011 Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima was disabled by an earthquake tsunami double whammy, elderly Japanese people volunteered to do repairs to save young people from radiation exposure.

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Japan pensioners volunteer to tackle nuclear crisis A group of more than 200 Japanese pensioners are volunteering to tackle the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power station. The Skilled Veterans Corps, as they call themselves, is made up of retired engineers and other professionals, all over the age of 60. They say they should be

After the 2011 Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima was disabled by an earthquake tsunami double whammy, elderly Japanese people volunteered to do repairs to save young people from radiation exposure. Read More »

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