536 AD was an exceedingly bad year for humanity, perhaps even “the worst year to be alive”. A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night — for 18 months. “For the sun gave forth its light without brightness, like the moon, during the whole year,” wrote
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