#5.N1 dispatch blast, 3 July 1969 One of the four N1 rockets that the Soviets expected to send to the moon blasted on the platform. The impact of the 1,496,000 lbs (678,574 kg) of fluid oxygen and lamp fuel discharged around 29 TJ vitality, practically identical to the Hiroshima impact. This was the biggest non-atomic […]
5. Cristo de la Concordia, Bolivia – A statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill, in the city of Cochabamba. One can reach the statue by either climbing some 2,000 steps, or simply by a cable car. The total height of the statue is 40.44 metres (132.7 ft). The left hand of the statue […]
In June 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in Babylon aged 32, having conquered an empire stretching from modern Albania to eastern Pakistan. The question of what, or who, killed the Macedonian king has never been answered successfully. However, new research may have finally solved the 2,000-year-old mystery. Alexander III of Macedon, also known as […]
