The Tunguska event of June 8, 1908, occurred as the result of an estimated 220-million-pound asteroid or comet exploding above Siberia.
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The Malleus Maleficarum book for witch hunters justified unfair trials, torture, and murder with the idea that women are evil and form pacts with the devil.
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Nitiqrit, also known as Nitocris, is allegedly the first queen regnant of ancient Egypt. She possibly reigned at the end of the Old Kingdom.
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Codex Gigas is a bizarre book known as the Devil’s Bible. The 3 foot long, 165-pound text contains spells, magic, and an image of Satan.
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Hypatia of Alexandria was the first known woman scientist and the last famous Neoplatonist philosopher of Alexandria, Egypt.
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The Oracle of Delphi was an important Greek high-priestess and soothsayer who prophesied the future in the Temple of Apollo at the sanctuary of Delphi.