LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE TITANIC DISASTER


Soviet Sputnik

On October 4th, 1957, the world saw a momentous event: the launch of the Soviet satellite. This artificial satellite became the first manned spacecraft to revolve the Earth. The success of the Soviet Union in sending up Sputnik marked the beginning of the Space Age, galvanizing nations around the globe to strive for their own space ventures. This

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The Spectral Jig: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518

In the heart amidst Strasbourg in the year that 1518, a peculiar began to unfold. {A{ a woman, Frau Troffea, was seized with an feverish urge to move. Days turned into stretches of time, and her relentless spinning became a phenomenon that could not be ignored. Soon, others began to succumb to this strange affliction. Men, women, children- all wer

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