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π=3.141592653589793 ●JPL/NASA reports that for its highest-precision operations, such as interplanetary navigation, it uses 3.141592653589793, about 15 decimal places of pi. This is considered sufficient even for extremely demanding calculations in the Solar System.
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In this sense, even modern supranational associations such as the European Union can be seen through the same historical prism: their stability depends as much on internal cohesion as on the forces of the international system.
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The Achaean League collapsed when it clashed with the rising power of the Roman Republic in 146 BC. This experience led historians to conclude that political associations survive not only because of their institutions but also because of geopolitical balance.
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THE FUTURE OF THE EU ●The Achaean League was the first historical example of a federation of Greek city-states. Polybius admired this form of political organization but argued that "Confederations survive when geopolitical balances permit".
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BELPHEGOR'S NUMBER ● Οne of the Seven Princes of Hell. ●1000000000000066600000000000001 ● It hides the “number of the beast” 666 with exactly 13 zeros in front and 13 zeros behind. ● This makes it a huge 31-digit palindrome. ● Amazingly, it is a real prime number!
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HIDDEN HISTORY ● Women who suffered from sudden mood swings were sent to the doctor. ● The treatments including "pelvic massage", with the aim of achieving what was then called "pelvic paroxysm", i.e. an orgasm. ● For home, a vibrating device invented.
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The murder became a symbol of heroism for the Venetians (and later for the Cypriots/Greeks). It caused great outrage in Europe and contributed to the unity of the Christian powers that led to the Naval Battle of Nafpaktos (Lepanto) a few months later.
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His skin was stuffed with straw, dressed in his clothes and carried around the city. Then it was sent to Constantinople. Later, a Venetian stole it and took it to Venice, where it is now kept in an urn in the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (with a monument showing the scene).
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A butcher/executioner begins to flay him alive with a knife. Bragantino prayed (he said the “Miserere” and invoked Christ) until the last moment. He died before the executioner reached his waist or chest, from unbearable pain and loss of blood.
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They take him to the main square (in front of the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, which is now the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque). They tie him naked to a pillar (ancient from Salamis, which still stands there).
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He is forced to carry heavy bags of dirt and stones around the walls (a symbol of humiliation). He is tied to a chair, hoisted onto the mast of a galley, lowered into the sea and paraded around with mockery.
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Next 2 weeks: Bragantino is imprisoned in a dark prison. His wounds become infected and rot. He is subjected to constant torture. August 17, 1571 (day of death): He is dragged naked through the streets of Famagusta.
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The Pasha falsely accuses him of murdering prisoners and hiding ammunition. Suddenly, he takes out a knife and cuts off Bragadin's right ear. He orders the left ear and nose to be cut off as well. A massacre of hundreds of Venetians follows.
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1 August 1571: Famagusta surrenders after 11 months of siege. Lala Mustafa Pasha, an Albanian, gives the Venetians terms of safe departure. 5 August 1571 (surrender ceremony): Bragadin presents himself to the Pasha to hand over the keys.
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ΜARCANTONIO BRAGADIN ●The Venetian commander of Famagusta died a horrific death on 17 August 1571, in the square of Famagusta, flayed alive by the Turks after the surrender of the city.
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FROM PERSIA TO GREECE ● 400 BC. ● Led by the historian Xenophon, after the battles in Persia, the 13,000 Greek soldiers returned to Greece on foot through the mountains of Armenia and Asia Minor. ● “We have no ships, we have no cavalry, but we have courage and Greek virtue!”
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