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Black Death

since 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 13:27 UTC

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2 days ago

Volcanic eruption may have caused Europe's Black Death plague, scientists say ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 05 (Fri) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic activity as the 'first domino to fall' in a sequence that led to the devastating spread of bubonic plague.

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague ⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 04 (Thu) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.

19 days ago

Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones by Robert Ross review – portrait of a Python

found 2025 › Nov › 18 (Tue) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

An affectionate biography of the polymath includes details of never-produced gems such as Monty Python’s Third World War

Terry Jones was a Python, a historian, a bestselling children’s author and a ve…

5 months ago

Till Jeff us do part: divisive, star-studded Bezos wedding hits full swing in Venice

found 2025 › Jun › 27 (Fri) @ 14:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Some in the lagoon city are furious, others delighted, as celebrities descend for billionaire’s sort-of nuptials

The Black Death. Byron on the prowl. Rising water levels. Cruise ships the size of city…

6 months ago

I tasted the 'world's SOUREST sweet' dubbed Black Death - so acidic it's not suitable for anyone under 12

found 2025 › May › 31 (Sat) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Described as the 'world's sourest sweet', the ultra-sour jet black balls are not recommended for anyone under the age of 12.

Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the Black Death's prolonged reign of terror - as they pinpoint a single gene that allowed it to endure across centuries

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Research has revealed that the evolution of a single gene in Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes bubonic plague - allowed it to adapt and survive for so long.

9 months ago

‘Ambition beyond words’: How Siena’s art revolution brought heaven down to earth

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years later

If you want to kn…

What TikTokers get wrong in their viral AI 'history' videos: 'Healthy' and 'modern' people during the Black Death, the wrong kind of eruption at Pompeii and 'absurd' WWI uniforms in the trenches

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Put yourself in the shoes of a soldier in the trenches in the First World War, or imagine waking up on a sunny morning in Pompeii hours before annihilation.

10 months ago

Rare manuscript from middle ages that inspired Disney castle to go on display for first time in 40 years

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 13:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Les Très Riches Heures, a ‘book of hours’ made by artists felled by the Black Death, will be shown in France this summer

A celebrated manuscript from the middle ages that inspired a Walt Disney castle…

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