Vibrators to heal hysteria, sex toys from the home medicine cabinet and a long list of diseases that can be combated with ... sex. This is the story of unconventional medicine for people with strong nerves. Remember Marvin Gayes song Sexual Healing? The classic soul expression expressed in its t
In anticipation of the latest Netflix series based on Andrzej Sapkowskis books, a stormy discussion began about the Slavic character presented in it. The witcher Geralt, being our export product, is associated as the quintessence of Polish folk culture. How much Slavicness really is in the story we
Today, in the event of an armed conflict, fortified fortresses would not matter much. But when the horse was the best means of transport and explosives were virtually non-existent, locks were the most important strategic points ... Medieval defenses were really hard to get. Historical data say t
On May 17, 1918, the body of a middle-aged man was fished from the Seine. In his pocket he had documents which showed that the deceased was Bronisław Ginet-Piłsudski. The official cause of death was suicide. But did Józef Piłsudskis older brother really take his own life? In Poland, hardly anyon
Barbed wire entanglements, guards firing without orders and no entry with an imperialist passport? Nothing could be more wrong! The USSR might not welcome visitors from the West with open arms, but neither did it completely forbid them to look behind the Iron Curtain. What was the trip to the East l
Illicit alcohol consumption during Prohibition was the main pastime of New Yorkers. In fact, refraining from drinking alcoholic beverages was an expression of inappropriate behavior at social and business meetings. Americans made the driving, distribution and consumption of illegal alcohol almost a
If you thought that Henryk Sienkiewicz led a peaceful life, you are wrong! Although he himself could not consummate his own marriage during his honeymoon, his confidences of love conquests can be embarrassing even today. The writer was a widower, and his family had been making matrimonial projec
Meet 4 examples of some of the worst treatments ever. They wonderfully prove that once a medicine could be worse than… a disease! Only for people with strong nerves. Fear of disease and death made charlatans able to convince people of the most absurd drugs and treatments. At best, some of them s
What do English pilots, cow country and the dead have in common? Without them, skin transplantation would not be possible! It is the first time I have benefited from someone elses death on a chilly October evening when I was in my sophomore medical college, one full year before my debut encoun
Evil so powerful that it poses a serious threat to the social and moral order in the country - for some comic book publishing houses. The greatest heroes, Captain America or Superman, were powerless in the face of such allegations. But the comic-book hunt goes back to before Captain America and
Coco Chanel, a French fashion designer, created a composition of the iconic perfume called Chanel No. 5 that set Coco financially for the rest of her life. However, great genius and ambition did not allow me to be content with the success so far. Chanel entered a womans wardrobe, radically changing
For some, a ruthless schemer, for others, the mother of the nation. An eloquent lady and unused lover. Reformer and despot. In the biography of Catherine the Great, considered one of the most outstanding rulers in history, many secrets and surprising, because not obvious facts are written. Both from
Two tiny embalmed bodies rested in the tomb next to Tutankhamuns mummy. Research has shown that mummified fetuses are severely deformed. Who were these children? Did he die of natural causes? Or were they murdered and sacrificed to accompany Pharaoh to the afterlife? And what does incest have to do
Everyone knows this:the media should not be trusted. Yet history is full of examples that people often forgot this old truth. And although you can forgive the terrified audience of the radio play Wars of the Worlds, who believed in the Martians attack on Earth in 1938, it is difficult to indulge peo
A bloody cough and piles of bodies that had to be transported on specially designed trains. Where was the famous Spanish born and how did it develop? And what did it have to do with the bond market? The epidemic has developed almost all over the world. About 30% of the population fell ill. It wa
Today, the fourth volume of the Reborn Kingdom series has its premiere, a real treat for all fans of the author and not only. Elżbieta Cherezińska proves once again that the history of Poland is fascinating. Great politics is thus intertwined with court intrigues, knightly tournaments and games in .
If return is not possible, you will sleep for all eternity. What was the funeral like in ancient Greece? How long was the mourning? Was it possible to bribe Cerberus with sweets? Lets follow the ceremonial stages - prothesis, ekphora and perdeipnon to find out how the Greeks said goodbye to their lo
Hedonist, prostitute, satanist, thief - not all saints were role models. On the contrary! The liturgical calendar is full of figures who managed to mess up before the canonization. And these sinners were the worst of the worst ... 1. Saint Augustine of Hippo - sex addict Today he is mentioned
In 1939, journalists all over the world changed the name of Hitler in all cases. The Führer reigned supreme at the headlines. He was also the number one topic in the Polish press. What exactly was written about him? At the beginning of May 1939, the press body of the PPS Robotnik warned:This is
As in the Middle Ages there was no ZUS or its counterpart, the burden of supporting the aging parents was entirely on the children - especially in the countryside. Whether they like it or not, they had to pay for the father and mother - and the list of their duties was much longer than at present. W
The electric battery is a direct current generator device discovered and invented by Count Alessandro Volta , Italian physicist. Starting from a phenomenon discovered by Galvani, Volta studies the electrical tensions which are established between different metals and develops an accumulator capable
As early as June 1940, when German tanks crushed the French resistance on the other side of the English Channel, the British - aware of the strength of the Wehrmacht - began to look for non-standard methods of fighting the powerful enemy. One of them was to be illusion, the art of camouflage and dec
The Roman emperor Hadrian and his young lover Antinous It was not just female prostitution that was lived in Ancient Rome ( see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4429/storia-antica/suburra-quartiere-luci-rosse-dellantica-roma and https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9171/storia-antica/look-prostituta-de
With the term prehistory we mean a period of about two million years that goes from the appearance of the human species on Earth until the moment when man invents writing and begins to leave written records, this happens about five thousand five hundred years ago, in Mesopotamia . Among the