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A Volcanic Eruption In Indonesia Led To Napoleon’s Defeat At Waterloo, Experts Say
Two months before Napoleon's historic defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused heavy rains ...
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Mount Tambora's 1815 Eruption Altered the Planet - Could It Happen Again?
Significance of the 1815 Mount Tambora Eruption Mount Tambora is a stratovolcano on the Sumbawa island in Indonesia. The ...
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Blast from the Past
The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands ... in the past 10,000 years was the eruption of an obscure volcano in Indonesia called MountTambora. More than 13,000 feet high, Tambora blew ...
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What if all the world's supervolcanoes erupted at once
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, killing an estimated 92,000 people. It was the biggest eruption in recorded history. And yet ...
The country that's the earthquake capital of the world
This country is a meeting point for several tectonic plates including the Indian-Australian, Eurasian and Pacific.