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Christopher Columbus - Facts, Voyages and Discoveries

Columbus died in the Spanish city of Valladolid in 1506. More myths and facts about Christopher Columbus • Christopher Columbus was by no means the first European to set foot in America....

The Unfamiliar and Terrible Side of Christopher Columbus

If any of the slaves would try to escape, Columbus would send trained dogs after them, which ripped them alive....

How Columbus Hid the Moon and Other Remarkable Facts about Explorers

How Columbus hid the Moon In 1503, Columbus's ship got stuck in the shallows around Jamaica, while en route to the New World....

The Most Ancient Creature on the Planet

American and British scientists have found the oldest animal on the planet, which, according to research, appeared some time after Christopher Columbus discovered America....

Famous People who Died of Venereal Disease

Columbus himself and one of his captains had sexual relations with the natives and infected them with the diseases....

Ecological catastrophe destroyed the Mayan civilization

Despite popular opinion about the destruction of the Mayans by the Spanish Conquistador, their great empire was decayed before Columbus was born, say British scientists....

Bermuda Triangle - Disappearances and Mysteries

First mentioned by Christopher Columbus in his diary, he talks of the Sargasso Sea, which is located right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean....

Risk of Disease Also Depends on your Month of Birth

A study by experts from Columbia University has found a correlation between the risk of certain diseases and the birth month. Just a little over 1.7 million patients were analyzed....

Hawking: If Extraterrestrials Exist, They Will Destroy Us

"It would be much worse than what happened when Columbus discovered America, " the world-renowned physicist told Spanish newspaper El País....

Legends and Facts about North American Indians

"Indians" was the name Christopher Columbus gave the people he found on the other side of the Atlantic....

Forbidden Archaeology: History Just isn't Right!

For example, Columbus didn't really discover America but our history books still say otherwise. Many of today's cultures owe their origins to the Incas and Mayans but this is rarely mentioned....

Greece archaeologists discovered an ancient temple of Apollo

From the sanctuary of Apollo until today it has been preserved only for the basics and fundamentals of its columns. Moreover, experts found fragments of an ancient male statue....