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10/08/2025

An entire village of 100 people thrives in this real-life desert oasis featured on Peruvian money.

10/08/2025

The secret to Roman concretes longevity was volcanic ash which made it stronger in seawater.

10/07/2025

Pompeii gladiators wore artistic masterpieces on their shins for both protection and spectacle.

10/07/2025

The first woman to summit Mont Blanc begged to be thrown into a crevasse at the top.

10/07/2025

Woodrow Wilson once kept a flock of sheep on the White House lawn as a patriotic gesture during WWI.

10/07/2025

The CIA once tried to turn cats into spies, but the cats had other plans.

10/06/2025

The woman whose math astronauts trusted more than computers.

10/06/2025

Ancient societies had very specific rules about who could chew gum.

10/06/2025

We can thank college students from the 1890s for the name hot dog.

10/06/2025

In 271 BC, the Romans tackled a deadly local problem not with an army, but with brilliant engineering.

Near the city of Rieti, Italy, the Velino River often overflowed into a large basin, creating stagnant swampland. This led to frequent, devastating floods and, even worse, widespread malaria outbreaks that plagued the local population.

To solve this, the Roman consul Manius Curius Dentatus commissioned a massive public works project. His engineers dug a canal, known as the Cavo Curiano, to divert the swamp's excess water away from the valley.

The plan was to channel the water over a natural cliff at a spot called Marmore, sending it tumbling into the Nera River far below.

This simple diversion created a spectacular, three-tiered waterfall standing 165 meters (541 feet) high. It is still recognized as the world's tallest man-made waterfall. 🏞️

However, Roman ingenuity created a new problem. The sudden torrent of water into the Nera River now threatened the city of Terni downstream with its own dangerous floods.

This unexpected consequence kicked off a bitter dispute between the cities of Rieti and Terni that would last for centuries.

Today, the Marmore Falls is both a popular tourist destination and a source of hydroelectric power. It stands as a powerful testament to Roman problem-solving and the long-lasting effects of shaping the natural world.

10/06/2025

Explore more than two thousand years of history in Germanys oldest major city.

10/05/2025

In 1978, doctors said climbing Everest without oxygen was a death sentence. Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler did it anyway, proving them all wrong. They became the first in history to reach the world's highest peak completely unaided by supplemental air.

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