On this day, 2 August 1980, at 10:25 on a Saturday morning, a timebomb exploded in an air-conditioned waiting-room in Bologna train station, killing 85 people and injuring over 200. Carried out by neo-fascists, it is one of the worst terrorist attacks in European history, and was undertaken during the Strategy of Tension: a state security operation in which attacks by the far right or security services were carried out and blamed on anarchists and communists.
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Happy first day of #SharkWeek! We’re kicking things off in a big way, with the megalodon! The prehistoric behemoth had the strongest bite force of any known animal, including T. rex. But these two megapredators never met.🦈🦖
The megalodon evolved just 23 million years ago–that’s long after large dinosaurs went extinct. This extinct shark lived until 3.6 million years ago, meaning it shared the planet with early hominids and overlapped with the great white shark for about a million years! See this life-size megalodon model and explore the underwater world of these amazing animals in the Museum’s special exhibition Sharks, which includes footage from @Discovery’s @SharkWeek! Link in bio for more details on our Sharks exhibition.
