Interior of the Colosseum. The name of the architect who conceived it has been lost We know (almost) everything about the Colosseum, but because the architect is never mentioned who conceived it? Easy: his name is lost. In reality, almost all the names of the authors of the most famous Ro
In 1676, Madame de Brinvilliers was sentenced to be beheaded for murdering her father and two brothers. During the torture, she confessed that she was not the only one who was poisoning in Paris. King Louis XIV ordered an investigation in order to clarify the matter. It contributed to the discovery
The Nazis opened a brothel in Auschwitz in 1943 in the hope that this additional motivation would induce prisoners to work more efficiently. But, as with everything else in the camps reality, the camp brothel merely feigned normality. The subject of puff, camp brothels, was largely unknown for
In 1971, a prison was established at Stanford University. It was founded by a scientist, Philip Zimbardo. His experiment almost ended tragically. This is one of the most famous - and controversial - experiments in the history of psychology, although it lasted only six days. In 1971, 24 volunteers