Suicides today arouse shock, disbelief, and often sympathy. But no one would think of ... punishing suicides. Meanwhile, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, suicide was considered a serious crime, on a par with abortion, incest, arson or even murder. As such, it deserved the heaviest punishmen
The jovial bearded man in red pajamas does not live at the North Pole at all. His dead, dried corpse was stolen by Normandy pirates. And a certain Polish queen has surprisingly much to do with it. Little is known about the historical Saint Nicholas - the man who became the pretext for creating a
Ancient mosaic depicting a chicken. The “Pullum parthicum” is a recipe taken from Apiciuss “De re coquinaria” With his De re coquinaria ( The art of cooking ), Marco Gavio Apicius left us the largest gastronomic recipe book of Roman times and all of antiquity ( see https://www.pilloledisto
The creator of excellent comedies that ridiculed the realities of life in the Peoples Republic of Poland often fell victim to the system himself. This is the realities of filming Miś and other hits by Stanisław Bareja. Today, the term bareism is associated with a funny absurdity that touched the