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Sergei Krikalev: A Cosmonaut Left Stranded In Space When The Soviet Union CollapsedRussian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev positioned at a port hole on the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station during Expedition 1 as Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches for a link-up

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Sergei Krikalev: A Cosmonaut Left Stranded In Space When The Soviet Union CollapsedRussian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev positioned at a port hole on the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station during Expedition 1 as Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches for a link-up
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Sergei Krikalev: A Cosmonaut Left Stranded In Space When The Soviet Union Collapsed

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.
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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living Neanderthals

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Chernobyl's "Elephant's Foot" Was So Tough, Kalashnikovs Were Used To Chip Off SamplesLocated in the basement below Chernobyl's Reactor 4, the Elephant's Foot is a mass made of melted nuclear fuel mixed with lots and lots of concrete, sand, and core sealing material.

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Chernobyl's "Elephant's Foot" Was So Tough, Kalashnikovs Were Used To Chip Off SamplesLocated in the basement below Chernobyl's Reactor 4, the Elephant's Foot is a mass made of melted nuclear fuel mixed with lots and lots of concrete, sand, and core sealing material.
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Chernobyl's "Elephant's Foot" Was So Tough, Kalashnikovs Were Used To Chip Off Samples

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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?An atomic test in May 25, 1953 (the First Nuclear Age)

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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?An atomic test in May 25, 1953 (the First Nuclear Age)
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Is The World Entering A "Third Nuclear Age"?

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The World's Fastest Submarine Was A Soviet Speed Demon Capable Of 44.7 KnotsA port bow view of a Soviet Papa class cruise missile submarine underway.

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The World's Fastest Submarine Was A Soviet Speed Demon Capable Of 44.7 KnotsA port bow view of a Soviet Papa class cruise missile submarine underway.
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The World's Fastest Submarine Was A Soviet Speed Demon Capable Of 44.7 Knots

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Even Standing By The World's Most Radioactive Lake Could Kill YouRadioactive pollution. Yellow warning sign with hazard symbol near contaminated area outdoors

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Even Standing By The World's Most Radioactive Lake Could Kill YouRadioactive pollution. Yellow warning sign with hazard symbol near contaminated area outdoors
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Even Standing By The World's Most Radioactive Lake Could Kill You

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"Lab-Made HIV" Is The USSR's Viral Fake News Story That Refuses To DieA cartoon from Pravda, the newspaper of the CPSU Central Committee, on October 31 1986 claiming that AIDS was manufactured by the Pentagon's lab,

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"Lab-Made HIV" Is The USSR's Viral Fake News Story That Refuses To DieA cartoon from Pravda, the newspaper of the CPSU Central Committee, on October 31 1986 claiming that AIDS was manufactured by the Pentagon's lab,
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"Lab-Made HIV" Is The USSR's Viral Fake News Story That Refuses To Die

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Kola Superdeep Borehole: The Deepest Hole In The World Had To Be DestroyedOne of the remaining structures at the Kola Superdeep Borehole facility.

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Kola Superdeep Borehole: The Deepest Hole In The World Had To Be DestroyedOne of the remaining structures at the Kola Superdeep Borehole facility.
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Kola Superdeep Borehole: The Deepest Hole In The World Had To Be Destroyed

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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's ImaginationVladimir Lenin, the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924, sitting at his desk

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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's ImaginationVladimir Lenin, the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924, sitting at his desk
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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's Imagination

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Tsar Bomba: The Biggest Nuclear Bomb Ever DetonatedImage of the Tsar Bomba taken from declassified footage by the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation

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Tsar Bomba: The Biggest Nuclear Bomb Ever DetonatedImage of the Tsar Bomba taken from declassified footage by the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation
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Tsar Bomba: The Biggest Nuclear Bomb Ever Detonated

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Venus Is Hell And It's Russian, Says Head Of Russia's Space Agencyarticle image

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Venus Is Hell And It's Russian, Says Head Of Russia's Space Agencyarticle image
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Venus Is Hell And It's Russian, Says Head Of Russia's Space Agency

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Declassified Footage Shows The Most Powerful Nuke Ever Detonatedarticle image

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Declassified Footage Shows The Most Powerful Nuke Ever Detonatedarticle image
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Declassified Footage Shows The Most Powerful Nuke Ever Detonated

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Chernobyl's Old Sarcophagus Is On The Verge Of Collapsearticle image

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Chernobyl's Old Sarcophagus Is On The Verge Of Collapsearticle image
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Chernobyl's Old Sarcophagus Is On The Verge Of Collapse

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A Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into The Seaarticle image

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A Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into The Seaarticle image
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A Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into The Sea

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This Image Of Chernobyl's Basement Is Genuinely Terrifyingarticle image

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This Image Of Chernobyl's Basement Is Genuinely Terrifyingarticle image
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This Image Of Chernobyl's Basement Is Genuinely Terrifying

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