Hitler and his associates perfectly understood the proverb what the shell will soak in the youth ... and willingly put it into practice in National Socialist schools. To ensure the sustainability of their ideas, they created a gigantic educational propaganda machine. What exactly information did the
Chestnut, veins cut in the bathtub and poisonous vipers. What was the attitude of the ancient Greeks and Romans to suicide? They were treated as cowardice, or on the contrary - an act of courage? Christian tradition was forbidden to commit a suicidal act. Already the synod of Arles in 452 announ
One night the ladies of the court, who were watching over the body of the ruler, were awakened by a powerful roar. The room filled with a monstrous stench. It turned out that the body of the Virgin Queen ... exploded. But why had Elizabeths last path turned into a shambles? As for the conditions p
The first bank robbery in the United States took place without any victims, and even ... no signs of burglary. The equivalent of todays $ 3 million was stolen during the robbery. It had one advantage, as it triggered the fight for the rights of US citizens. The city of Philadelphia played an imp
Authorities all over the world are struggling with this small bush. The substance isolated from it is one of the most addictive drugs, but the leaves from which it is made do not cause addiction among the indigenous people of South America. Here are 5 interesting facts about coca. Coca is a natu
An elderly lover, a Nazi informant, an officer in the Red Army - the list of Ordonkas lovers was long. The actress serially cheated on her husband, count Tyszkiewicz, however, turned a blind eye to his wifes antics. Was he so naive, blindly in love, or maybe ... embarrassed because he had married he
If the first barrel of the famous Starka could be found, it would be several hundred years old! It began to be produced in Poland and Lithuania in the 16th century, and there are opinions that it was even earlier. Is it possible to call it Polish whiskey or is it our own, unique quality? Unfortu
The production of vodka on the Vistula River has a long and rich history, but can we take the lead in this field? Or maybe someone else warned us? It is difficult to give the exact date of the appearance of vodka in Poland. However, as Tomasz Lachowski writes in the publication entitled J.A. BAC
You could make money smuggling condoms. But I think it was much more profitable to transport ... medications for headache and bladder infections. What were desperate Romanians doing to them, who were deprived of their right to contraception? Peerelowska Poland became a secret trade. When the sto
In 1680, the peak of fashion at the tsarist court was ... the Polish kontusz. What was Polish was considered better and more refined. Even the common people interfered with Polish words in their conversations. How is it possible that in the 17th century, tsarist Russia began to Polonize itself? And
Today there are no such ads anymore. How was vodka promoted in times when there were almost no legal restrictions? And would such announcements tempt you to buy? We searched for advertisements in the Polish press published from the end of the 19th century to the end of the interwar period. Most
In the past, doctors did not care about ethics and when they came up with the idea of a new therapy, they eagerly put it into practice. They cannot be denied fantasy. Patients were prescribed poop ointments, mercury inhalations and rubbing the dead mans finger. What else could be found in the firs
The pilots of Polish trips organized during the communes saw many things. Years later they remember above all that almost none of the holidaymakers had time to rest. Instead of calmly filling out the excursion program, they filled their pockets with foreign currency. They had crazy ideas to get them
Shouldnt the wives of Siamese brothers be brought to trial for marrying a quadruped? Louisville Journal asked. The very thought of unmarried twins married shocked Victorian America. Or were they looking for a scandal where it wasnt? On April 13, 1843, a double wedding was held at the David Yates
The elephant man, Siamese twins or Lady Baboons - in the nineteenth century, the performances of misfits attracted crowds. However, while the onlookers were just watching them, the doctors of the time wanted to find out what was the cause of the anomaly at all costs. And they didnt necessarily care
These puzzles had to be solved for several centuries. With the help of modern forensics, Eleanor Herman in her latest book, The Poison, or How to Get Rid of Your Enemies Kingly discovers the secrets of the most famous poisonings in the royal courts of Europe. The history of poisoning is the hist
The conjoined twins have always attracted attention, be it as perversions in the freak parade or as medical curiosities. Surprisingly, undivided siblings appear in the world more often than you might imagine. But only some of them gain worldwide fame. In January 2014, the world spread the news a
For many freaks - as they were contemptuously referred to - performing in front of an audience was a real hell. And it was unprofitable, because the proceeds from the tickets went mainly to the pockets of soulless managers. Some, however, were able to turn the other to their advantage ... and even m
When Europeans had just made themselves known to America, they believed that evil was lurking at every turn. Puritans feared the devil, the Indians, and the ubiquitous witches. They believed that the latter brought disease on them. They had their own remedies for that, which give a shudder of disgus
This is where the term Siamese twins came from. Chang and Eng Bunkers loved the whole world, and people eagerly reached into their wallets, just to be at one of their shows. You will learn the amazing story of the united brothers thanks to the book, which is a prize in our competition. In todays
Arrests, hard labor, deportations to the east. To this day, it is impossible to count all those murdered during the liberation march of the Red Army. Especially since their new graves are still being discovered. The Soviet security services and the Red Army units cooperating with them pursued th
German resistance to Nazism was practically non-existent. Both because of the success that the Nazis had in convincing the citizens and because of the success they had in eliminating any attempt at rebellion, the resistance in Germany against Nazism is more a myth than a reality. Despite this, there
After the war, thousands of Nazi criminals escaped justice by escaping to South America, the so-called on the trail of the rats. The Vatican helped them. Of the approximately 13 million former Nazis identified by the Allies after World War II in West Germany, by 1949 ... three hundred were impriso
The USSR broke up into 15 states. Party apparatchiks took power almost everywhere. The exception was Belarus. Here the president was a man of the people. He defeated the post-communist prime minister who controls the media and state institutions. Alyaksandr Lukashenka achieved a truly democratic tri