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Ancient Greece

Archimedes: The Genius of Syracuse

Discovering the secrets of water, levers, and numbers in Ancient Greece.

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2017
Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
2012
A series of blasts occurred at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500 others.
2009
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.
2007
Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.
2000
Playstation 2 was released in Japan.
1990
College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.

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