Soviet Sputnik

On October 4th, 1957, the world witnessed a momentous event: the launch of the Soviet satellite. This artificial satellite became the initial unmanned spacecraft to revolve the Earth. The triumph of the Soviet Union in putting into orbit Sputnik marked the start of the Space Age, galvanizing nations around the globe to pursue their own space progra

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A Dance to Death: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518

In the heart amidst Strasbourg in a year that 1518, an peculiar began to unfold. {A{ a woman, Frau Troffea, was seized with an unquenchable urge to dance. Days turned into stretches of time, and her relentless frolicking became a phenomenon that could not be ignored. As if driven by an unseen force, others began to succumb to this strange afflicti

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