LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE TITANIC DISASTER


The First Sputnik

On October 4th, 1957, the world saw a momentous event: the launch of the Soviet satellite. This artificial satellite became the primary unmanned spacecraft to revolve the Earth. The success of the Soviet Union in putting into orbit Sputnik marked the dawn of the Space Age, inspiring nations around the globe to strive for their own space exploration

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A Dance to Death: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518

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

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