He was the greatest footballer in the history of Austrian football. The brightest star of the great wunderteam, the idol of all the fans of the time. He did not want to play for the German national team, and in his last match he clearly showed what he thought about Austrias anschluss. 10 months late
Varro claimed that the slave is only a talking tool and has no right to any time off. It is not surprising:if he saw objects in the people he bought, he treated them that way. After all, none of us thinks about how to please our vacuum cleaner. You didnt even have to find a similar heartless per
Do you want your son to become a priest? Do you dream of a daughter in a monks habit? Nothing easier. Just give them appropriate names. Widukind of Korbei, the author of a priceless chronicle that sheds light on the origins of the Polish state, had little to say about his career. The fact that h
At the beginning of the 20th century, the sexologist Stanisław Kurkiewicz complained that it was difficult to find effective means “lifting sexual strength, or maybe only lifting a sag.” The fight against impotence was in its infancy, and the effort was put primarily into the development of mechanic
Most of the pirates were greedy and unscrupulous cruelty. But there was an idealist among them who wanted to create a perfect state. To this day, it is not known whether Captain Misson, who lived at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries - because this is what it is all about - was a real figur
There was a joke in the Third Reich:In a moving train, two silent people make barely noticeable gestures under the blankets with which they are covered - deaf-mute tell each other political jokes. This joke perfectly described the situation of political humor in Hitlers state. Similar jokes of fear
The best food, the most distinguished guests, vigilant guards, the most magnificent robes, and if necessary ... the best medics on call. Everything sounds perfect. There is only one small detail. Sixteenth-century doctors had an ugly habit of putting patients into the grave. Or waiting for a miracle
Murderous dresses, toys from hell and stockings leading straight to the grave. The greenery in the 19th century was deadly. Imagine a scene taken out of a Jane Austen novel:a lady at the ball faints in a breathtaking (literally!) Gown, and a handsome bachelor rushes to the rescue. Victorian beau
In 1882, Oskar Wilde lamented:From the sixteenth century to the present day, no torture has been invented that is not imposed on our girls, nor can women endure in the name of a mindless and monstrous Fashion. He was right. His era gave birth to the first fashion victims. And it is quite literal.
Jack the Ripper can hide with them with his miserable achievements. William Hunter and William Smellie, respected fathers of obstetrics, textbook authors and genius pioneers in the field of gynecology were at the same time ... ruthless murderers. How many victims do they have on their account? More
Hundreds of ships, thousands of pirates, entire villages, cities and islands overrun by bearded rum lovers screaming arrgh! All this has never really happened. The golden age of piracy. It is not known for sure who coined this term, but it has been used in science and popular culture for a good
The countess is flirting with the shoemaker, and the prince beats the washerwoman in the dance? Everyone is having a great time hiding their identity under various masks, and someone asks you to pay a fee when entering a brightly lit room full of music? This is a sign that you have hit a redoubt!
The movies got us used to the image of the pirate as a cute, if somewhat crude brawler. Unrestricted freedom, tropical holidays, a girl in every port ... There is not much truth in this vision. Pirates paid for freedom with a noose, malaria raged in the Caribbean, all suffered from rheumatism and di
We know Henry VIII mainly from the fact that he murdered his wives with passion. If it werent for him, there wouldnt be Anglicanism either. The (un) famous king, however, had one more, forgotten face. He was the employer with his worst nightmare. The English court in the 16th century was famous
If you are pregnant, you couldnt have come to a better place. We have great suggestions for you on how to prepare for the birth. You will need a brush, goose fat and an ax. And all this - tested 400 years ago. We have the time of Bona Sforza and Barbara Radziwiłłówna, and you are just preparing
There are few equally widespread historical myths. According to every second history textbook and at least several different cookbooks, it was the famous queen of the Italian family who taught Poles to eat Italian. How much truth is there in that? Bona Sforza was a great lover of the kitchen. No
Have a bad experience with a dishonest funeral director? The priest got under your skin? Or maybe a cunning undertaker made you gray? Be glad you are not living in ancient Egypt. Arranging a fair and decent burial was a real ordeal there. The funeral industry in ancient times was governed by sim
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
George R.R. Martin created in the pages of A Song of Ice and Fire a figure that destroys all patterns:the dwarf of the lordship, Tyrion Lannister. Not only perfectly born, but also cunning, cynical and influential. The author himself could have ruled out immediately the possibility of a similar pers
Most historians would not hesitate even for a moment when asked to select the most outstanding Jagiellon. Kazimierz Jagiellończyk did not gain fame comparable to Jagiełło, but it was he who brought the Teutonic Order to its knees and extended the influence of his family to half of Europe. At the sam
Merits beauty-case preserved at the Egyptian Museum of Turin When I was working for the news.it portal, I had to write an article about a particularly fascinating find, a trousse of beauty it belonged to an Egyptian woman named Merit now preserved in Turin. The beauty-case tells us a
Decorated with the Cross of Valor for sacrifice and courage during the Nazi occupation, after the war with equal dedication ... denounced her colleagues from the Home Army. It was thanks to her that the security officers caught the 17-year-old Inka. Why did Regina Mordas-Żylińska go over to the enem
500 years ago a Polish princess married a Bavarian prince. Their fairy-tale wedding is celebrated to this day, although the bride and groom were not destined to live happily ever after. Every four years, Bavarias Landshut hosts one of the largest medieval festivals on the continent. Thousands of p
We all know the story of the hooded archer Robin Hood and his merry company dealing with the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. The real story of outlaws, however, has little to do with plundering the rich and handing out to the poor. Instead, its full of theft, bloodshed and rape. The colleagues of th