The Plutonium “Demon Core” Killed Two Physicists Without Ever Exploding

After the end of World War II, research on nuclear weapons continued at the top-secret Los Alamos Laboratories in New Mexico. Over the course of just under a year, a nuclear core of plutonium had claimed the lives of two physicists and sparked radical change in how nuclear research was undertaken.

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What Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?

What do you imagine when you think of a ghost ship? Is it a ship for ghosts, or a ship that is a ghost? Whatever your answer, there’s a real, non-paranormal definition: they’re any ship that’s found drifting without a crew. Paranormal or not, some of them have some downright creepy backstories. The worst ones are those that don’t have an explanation at all. Meet the Mary Celeste.

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WWI: The War That Changed Everything | PragerU

Think of all the horrors of the 20th Century: The Holocaust. The Bolshevik Revolution. The Cold War. Were it not for the assassination of one Austro-Hungarian archduke in 1914, none of those events would have ever happened. Historian and author Andrew Roberts explains. Click here to take a brief survey about this video.
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Interesting take on history.