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A tunnel through a mountain, in it an A-bomb-proof facility. About 3.000 people would survive there for a month. Not drawn at a map, the gateway well-camauflaged. Who drove in or out had to do it when no alien satellite was passing by. The construction took place secretly, not even the neighbouring residents ever saw the facility, and it's an area of about 15.000 km² (5.800 mi²)! It was designed for submersible wataercrafts.
Where do we are?
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The only one that comes close to this description is Balaklava in Crimea, Ukraine. However, I can find nothing that says the size of this facility is 15 sq. kilometers...which is enormous. It is the only submarine accessible base that is described as being able to house 3000 people, but there is never any mention of satellite avoidance, or the population of the town not knowing about it.
A woman was murdered, stabbed. For a long time she was calling for help, nearly 40 witnesses watched it but stood back - this was the official version for years.
Outrage and consternation was in the country.
The story was present in films and books several times.
The good part about all this: there was a far-reaching improvement at a security sytem. What was brought in?
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Kitty Genovese, of New York, whose murder was originally thought to have been seen by 38 witnesses, but which was later corrected to say that no one had actually seen the attack, and only a few had heard something they werent sure of.
This was one of the primary reasons that the modern-day 911 emergency phone system was created.
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What am I talking about?
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The worlds shortest commercial air route! From the island of Papa Westray to Westray, in northern UK's islands.
Funny!
Which vertebrate has the longest lifespan?
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The Greenland Shark. It is estimated to live around 400 years. Wow.
What do you call the ethnic minority in southern Italy that has its roots at the "sons of the eagles"?
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Those would be the ethnic Albanians that populate many regions in southern Italy. Thhy are referred in the Albanian language as "Shqiptarët" which means Children of the Eagles, a reference to the byzantine double eagle displayed on the country flag.