The First Sputnik

On October 4th, 1957, the world observed a momentous event: the launch of Sputnik 1. This human-made object became the first unmanned spacecraft to circle the Earth. The achievement of the Soviet Union in sending up Sputnik marked the beginning of the Space Age, galvanizing nations around the globe to endeavor their own space ventures. This histor

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A Macabre Waltz: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518

In the heart within Strasbourg in the year that 1518, something most peculiar began to unfold. {A{ a woman, Frau Troffea, was seized with an insatiable urge to move. Days turned into months, and her relentless spinning became a sight that could not be ignored. Soon, others began to succumb to this strange affliction. Men, women, children- all were

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