We wrote before that the stories about pirates of the Caribbean are a myth. The true golden age of piracy was over 1,500 years earlier:at the end of the Roman republic. At that time, sea robbers established their own states, kidnapped tens of thousands of people and threatened the existence of the E
Urine instead of mouthwash. Instead of a condom - domestos. Mummy ointment for bruises, and red-hot iron and bloodletting on virtually anything. These are just some examples of the ingenuity of our ancestors during the treatment. As always, all TOP10 items are based on the articles we publish. T
We imagine the German occupation in Poland as a series of endless battles between the underground and partisans and Germany. But that was not the only thing about existence under the Nazi regime. On September 1, 1939, everyday life was not suddenly canceled. Poles still celebrated holidays and famil
Few of Russias rulers have decided to fight alcoholism. One of the brave ones was Tsar Nicholas II, who ordered prohibition in 1914. Effect? After three years, the tsar was dead, his empire crumbled under the weight of the drunken masses, and the Bolsheviks seized power. In 1914, the Russian emp
In movies, the matter is almost always taken care of by the axen peg. Our ancestors were much more inventive. Here are the ways in which people have really resorted to - for hundreds of years all over Eastern and Southern Europe. The roots of the vampire myth are lost in the mists of time. It se
Today it is often believed that the Holocaust was the product of one mans madness. However, genocide could not take place without generating a collective animosity towards Jews. What fears were in the Germans before the war and how did Nazi propaganda take advantage of them? And what did Hitler hims
The Aztecs specialized in mass human sacrifice and plucking the hearts of thousands of unfortunates. In one respect, however, they were very similar to the people of the 21st century. They liked good alcohol too. But how do you reconcile tequila attraction with ... the most radical prohibition in hi
Hundreds of Polish scouts marching briskly in the shadow of Kilimanjaro on the occasion of the 3rd May holiday? This is not an imperialists dream, but a real picture of a settlement in the Black Continent. Twenty thousand Polish women and men went to him. When the news of the agreement between t
She came to Poland, but not before she shared the marriage bed with him, until he renounced the mistakes of paganism - wrote Gall Anonymous about the marriage of Dobrawa and Mieszko. It is not true that the Czech princess tried to blackmail her husband. She had other and very good reasons for refusi
Youve probably been persuaded that the Soviet Union collapsed because of Ronald Reagan and his Star Wars, perestroika or the fall in oil prices. Meanwhile, the truth is different. The decay of the Soviet juggernaut happened because of… vodka. In 1985, fifty-four-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev took t
One thousand years ago, pregnancy was quite a challenge. Nobody had heard of midwives, medicine was just in its infancy, and everything was ruled by inherent superstition. Learn the truth about the conditions under which it was possible to give birth to the extraordinary women who built Poland.
When getting even the smallest amount of money is a matter of survival, the limit of what you can earn becomes mobile. Literally everything was traded during the Second World War. Contemporary auction sites with their oddities are nothing compared to what the merchants in occupied Poland offered.
Joseph Stalin. A tyrant who annihilated individuals and entire nations. To maintain power, he was able to enter into the most surprising alliances. One of his most important allies throughout his political career turned out to be ... vodka. After the death of Vladimir Lenin, there was an interre
Family and housing allowance, four-week holiday leave and sickness allowance - in the age of common junk contracts, many Poles can only dream of similar rarities. Meanwhile, the Home Army employed precisely these principles. Right in the middle of a war! In occupied Poland, having all the necess
They were sold from under the counter, but everyone knew where to buy them. They were available in Krakows Cloth Hall, and even ... in schools. This is the history of the beginnings of Polish eroticism. Richly illustrated. According to the description, Ewa is scared, although to tell the truth,
For centuries, he influenced social relations and state finances. People drank it for fun or addiction. He influenced the lives of writers, politicians and ... saints. Children and animals were caught with it. Many, seeing its disastrous action, wanted to forbid its consumption. Read the imprint alc
As of September 1, 1939, not all holidays were suddenly canceled, and Christmas did not disappear from the calendar. When December 24 approached, Poles looked for the first star and put hay under the tablecloth. But everything else has changed. The Polish people are not happy about the holidays
Do you remember the times when one burnt light bulb was enough to make the whole set of lights go out? Your blood boils in your veins as you remember the hours you spend looking for an unlucky lamp? This is the story of a man who was to blame for everything. And a story of an obsession that was crea
Black magic, devilish frolics, and even returns of the dead. This is how our ancestors had fun before the New Years Eve tradition was born. You dont believe? Check for yourself how the last night of the year was spent in the 19th century. Just be careful not to pay for the fun with your life ...
The champagne cools down, the kitchen is filled with party treats, and everyone is getting ready to welcome the New Year. In occupied Poland, one could only dream about it. The Germans did everything to disgust the Poles even on New Years Eve. After the September 1939 campaign, they simply ... banne
Publio Virgilio Marone Humility and modesty often go hand in hand with human and intellectual greatness. An example of this is what the immense poet Virgilio writes in a letter addressed to the Emperor Augustus on Aeneas, main character of the Aeneid , her masterpiece: About my Aen
From a paranoid state of tension to an uncontrolled explosion. These were the first hours of the uprising, which went down in history as the Greater Poland Uprising. The center of the Polish-German struggle for the membership of Greater Poland was Poznań. This is where the first shots were fired and
There are many disturbances in the ranks of the Greece 2021 Committee. On Monday, an excerpt from an article by professor Aristidis Hatzis about Georgios Karaiskakis, which had caused reactions, was withdrawn from the Commissions official website. Earlier, the historian Maria Efthymiou submitted h
The rapid rise of surveillance technologies during the Cold War, stimulated by national security concerns, did not lead to a hope for superior social order. Instead, it helped bring about a monitoring status where Orwellian telescopes in every room could soon become a new reality. The origin o