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Top 10 Single Decisions That Permanently Changed the Course of History

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Gutenberg's Decision to Print the Bible (1450)

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Fleming Deciding Not to Discard a Contaminated Petri Dish (1928)

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Vasili Arkhipov Refusing to Launch Nuclear Torpedoes (1962)

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Top 10 Deadliest Pandemics in Human History — the Diseases That Reshaped Civilization

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The Black Death (1347-1351) — 75-200 Million Dead

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Spanish Flu (1918-1920) — 50-100 Million Dead

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The Plague of Justinian (541-549 AD) — 25-50 Million Dead

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Top 10 Greatest Ancient Architectural Wonders

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Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

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Pantheon, Rome

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Machu Picchu, Peru

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Top 10 Deadliest Wars in Human History — the Conflicts That Defined Civilizations

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World War II (1939-1945) — 70-85 Million Dead

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World War I (1914-1918) — 20 Million Dead

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The Mongol Conquests (1206-1368) — 40 Million Dead

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10 Greatest Empires That Collapsed: Lessons From History

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The Roman Empire — 500 Years to Fall

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The Soviet Union — 70-Year Experiment Ends

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The Mongol Empire — World's Largest Land Empire

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Top 10 Inventions That Changed Human Civilization More Than Anything Else in History

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The Printing Press (1440)

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The Steam Engine (1769)

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The Internet (1969–1990s)

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