Template:Are You Sure/October 10
• ... that the Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain's history, and one of the worst in the world; that the fire burned for three days and released radioactive fallout which spread across the UK and the rest of Europe; that at the time of the incident no one was evacuated from the surrounding area, but milk from about 500 square kilometers (190 sq mi) of nearby countryside was diluted and destroyed for about a month due to concerns about its exposure to radiation; that the UK government played down the events at the time and reports on the fire were subject to heavy censorship; and that there had been a series of radioactive discharges from the piles in the years leading up to the accident?
• ... that physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli is best known for his invention of the barometer, but he also contributed to both optics and the method of indivisibles?