We do not know the portraits of Princess Dobrawa. Her rings and dresses have not survived. We know, however, that she had to be an extremely elegant lady. And that like no other woman in Poland - she loved gold. What did Wielkopolskas jewelry look like in the 10th century? Contrary to appearance
A table without carp. Kutia without honey. And fish ... in Yiddish. In the difficult years of the war, you could not count on twelve Christmas Eve dishes. But our (great) grandmothers were able to create Christmas out of nothing to the truth anyway! The first Christmas dinner under the occupatio
Fifteen chickens and a sea of wine. One thousand oranges. Or a killer mix of cucumbers and mead. These monarchs did not regret it. Also at his last supper. The king suddenly fell during a feast, barely dipping his mouth in the goblet? He was definitely poisoned! This is how almost every sudden
We are afraid of the next day syndrome on the eve of the New Year. Meanwhile, the Aztecs saw in the upcoming calendar change the threat of hurricanes, attacks by bloodthirsty beasts, and even ... the possibility of complete destruction! Fortunately, the danger of the apocalypse didnt come every
He was called a secular saint, but privately Albert Einstein was by no means a saint. He abandoned his little daughter and humiliated his wife by tormenting her mentally and physically. And he felt that as a genius he could just afford it. Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. Acc
We won the Nobel Prize for Chłopów, the discovery of radium and Szymborskas poems. Hungarians? For the paprika, of course. The appearance of paprika in Hungary proves that the world ... is really round. Although this plant comes from South America, it came to the Danube from the east. All thanks
He avoided paperwork like fire. He tormented contractors and subordinates with hours of monologues. He was capricious at times:he handed out flowers to some, and arrested others on the spot. Like many of the worst bosses, he felt that he was allowed to do anything. Also in the office. His party
Banknotes and coins, marks, dollars, zlotys, and even occupation millers and rumki from the Lodz ghetto. Any currency can be counterfeited. Before the war, crooks and fraudsters dealt with this. During it - literally everyone, led by the Home Army. There is no them! Freedom! Independence! Union
French love as a perversion? Insulin coma is a reliable way to heal the need for sex reassignment? We present the dark sides of the progressive Polish school of sexology. The famous Wisłocka was also not without sin. Abortion on request, unlimited access to contraceptives ... It is easy to belie
A piece of rail hanging on a pole - it was the camp gong that set the rhythm of the day in Oświęcim. Already at 4.30 a Lagerältester, the elder of the camp, would come and hit it with a club. Everyone he woke up knew from the very first seconds that this day might be his last. Thousands of people
Even at the beginning of the 20th century, a neurologist from Leipzig, Paul Julius Möbius, proved that women, with smaller heads and brains than men, were only fit for the profession of a mother. Womens university career was opposed by law, customs and ... their own families. And the universities? B
Before he killed, he subjected his victims to unimaginable torture. He devastated them slowly and relentlessly. He blinded and sealed his mouth. It brought bloody diarrhea and terrifying diseases. He knew what to do to make the body just ... burst. And he stripped his dignity, ruthlessly suppressing
Even Lenin knew perfectly well that the Russians were able to drink even a revolution and an empire. The average Soviet tavern drank almost a liter of vodka a week! The leaders of the Soviet Union decided to change that. What were their amazing recipes for the victory of the proletariat on the alcoh
A hat on his head - a bowl, a ladle in his hand - a ladle. Is it a picture from a highlander theater? Not. This is an account of a game organized ... in the camp barracks in Auschwitz. One free Sunday a friend approached August Kowalczyk (camp number 6804) and - to his surprise - invited him to
In 1987 alone, over six million legal abortions were performed there. Skrobanks were available to the public, free of charge, and guaranteed by the state health service. Contrary to contraception. Why was it easier for women to terminate a pregnancy than to protect against it? In the Soviet Unio
Ether, morphine, wine mixed with cocaine ... Psychotropic substances enjoyed great popularity at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Artists excelled in their use, claiming that they broaden the perception and support the imagination. But this does not mean that ordinary bread eaters did not re
Secret terms used by thieves, bandits, marginalized people. At the end of the 19th century, an ingenious policeman from Lviv decided to collect them and publish them. Some of them sound… surprisingly familiar today! Dictionary of thieving speech it came from the hands of Antoni Kurka in 1896.
This devastating disease wreaks terrible havoc on the body. It leads to meningitis, personality changes, mental illness, or inflammation of the arteries. It forms hideous sores on the skin. The cartilage in the nose collapses. But not everyone is discouraged. Who wanted to get sick… and why? Syp
Wacław Wojewódzki could not count on the kindness of his friends. Nobody greeted him anymore saying good morning or good evening. Everyone asked right away, When will there be water ?! It is not surprising for them. The director had been managing the Sewage and Waterworks company for years, which wa
Artists, athletes, and even ... a security officer! Those who had nothing to lose looked for a better life in exile. But also people who lived like butter donuts under the popular regime. They spent months preparing to leave. However, fractions of a second decided whether they would manage to escape
It was enough for the Second World War to end, and the Western allies forgot overnight about Polish allies and our contribution to the victory over Nazi Germany. As always in such cases, the cold political calculation won. It was on its basis that the leaders of Great Britain and the United States d
The age of Pericles is considered the undisputed apex of classical Greece. The almost thirty-year crisis that opened at the end of this period is characterized by an unprecedented war event for the Greek world: the Peloponnesian War . It is in fact the greatest historical event after the expediti
Everyone has heard of Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius. However, volcanoes have many more victims on their conscience. These are the biggest eruptions in history. Scientists estimate that in the last 10,000 years, more than 1,500 volcanoes have been active on Earth , causing a total of nearly 8,000
A lady at the hairdressers in the 1700s. Some extravagant hairstyles sported by the ladies at Versailles made history For a certain period of time at the court of Versailles the ladies sported hairstyles to say the least extravagant, characterized by hair twisted around a sort of scaffolding t