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The Accidental Spark: Gunpowder's Journey

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Ancient China

The Accidental Spark: Gunpowder's Journey

From Elixirs of Immortality to Explosive Power

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World

2025
American political activist Charlie Kirk (pictured) was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.
2017
Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.
2009
Members of the Atlanta Police Department conducted a raid on a gay bar, with patrons later alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated and the city agreeing to pay over $1 million in settlements.
2000
British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
1990
Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
1983
Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

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