The leading contributors to the US space program were Nazi scholars forgotten at their crimes. In 1945, US President Harry Truman issued a decree recruiting German specialists for American industry. Theoretically, the entry only applied to people who did not belong to the NSDAP, while the most i
The first attempts to fly into space took the lives of many astronauts. The photo shows part of the crew in the Apollo cabin simulator, 1967. “If we were to die, we would like people to come to terms with it. The conquest of outer space is worth the risk. These words were spoken by Virgil Grisso
It is sometimes speculated that if the Roman Empire had not collapsed, we would have been using steam engines already in the Middle Ages, and computers a little later. However, is it the Roman technique that deserves the greatest recognition? Groundbreaking discoveries long before the Romans were ma
Johnny, to the answer! Tell me, child, who discovered America? Templars, maam! Oh yeah ... Mr. Christopher Columbus was reportedly fought by the mysterious Knights of the Temple (and not only them). In the beginning, there was a white spot on the map. Christopher Columbus said, There must be a wa
Since ancient times, man has wanted to acquire knowledge that would allow him to revive the dead. With time, people began to abandon faith in the operation of magic potions, and to put more and more trust in science. What were the results of the scientific inquiries of 19th century researchers?
Most historians have long doubted that the Vikings managed to reach America. But why have they put so little effort into trying to establish a permanent colony there? The answer seems childs play:they had already found a New World for themselves, full of free land, raw materials and free from the po
The project of the first computer did not arise in the 1940s. A crazy British mathematician designed the machine, which in terms of its capabilities was comparable to computers constructed after World War II. It was close, and the IT revolution would have happened more than 100 years earlier than it
You watch an old Western with Gary Cooper on TV, take a vitamin supplement after breakfast, and get an EEG in the hospital. All this is done by Polish Jews! Not all of them felt Polish. Some were not practicing Jews at all or did not even admit to their cultural heritage. However, all of them we
Hysteria was treated with massages [of the clitoris]. And the vibrator was invented for the same purpose. This is what Rachel P. Maines, practically the only specialist in the history of vibrators in the world, states. Historians, journalists and even filmmakers repeat the same thing. But the truth
Napalm - a weapon as effective as it is cruel - has become one of the most recognizable symbols of the Vietnam War. Its history, however, goes much deeper, to the time of the Second World War. It was then that the mixture of fuel, aluminum and gelling agent first revealed its sinister side. “I
Poles were pioneers in many fields. Their activities contributed to the development of science and cognition of the world. And the constructions of our countrymen made others only rub their eyes with amazement. In our infographic you will find a selection of record-breaking Poles and Polish women wh
The first calculating machines were created in Poland by Jewish scientists and inventors. But nobody appreciated them, and the Russians took care of the devices ... There would be no computers today without a simple calculator. Calculator - without arithmometers, that is, calculating machines. T
Elon Musk wanted easy online payments, so he invented PayPal. When he wanted an electric car, he brought Tesla to life. Now it is revolutionizing space flight. His vision is on a par with the greatest pioneers of the past decades. Among them was also a man whose path to fame and billion-dollar fortu
It is said that Leonardo Da Vinci was five hundred years ahead of his time. Shen Kuo would outdo the Renaissance champion in this competition. This brilliant 11th-century Chinese had many talents:he was an inventor, politician, military, scientist, poet ... he could not get along with his wife. Un
Hardly anyone knows, but Poles used to have ... their own martial art. It is about the so-called Short sticks, which were very popular both among students and palestrant servants. What was stalking anyway? Well, it was a kind of stick fencing. In this fight, sticks ranging in length from 70 to 90
In the interwar period, the Silesian Parliament introduced the so-called celibacy law. It prohibited married women from working as a teacher. After Upper Silesia was incorporated into Poland, it turned out that there is a shortage of qualified teaching staff in the region . It got to the point t
Frank Lentini was a famous artist, he married twice and fathered four children. He was distinguished from others by his above-average charisma, three legs and ... two penises. Heteropagus parasitic is a very rare disease. To put it simply, in utero, one of the identical twins developing in the w
The Mayan calendar a decade ago aroused considerable emotions due to the predictions of the end of the world associated with it. Conducted in the so-called Central American archaeological work is increasingly leading to new discoveries related to it. Recently, one of them was performed in one of t
Convincing Europeans to eat potatoes was not easy. At different times in history, they became both a rescue and a doom for them. What are our first associations with potatoes? French fries, chips? Gamers are probably familiar with the term potato pc. But what do we really know about this vegetable
Almost everyone knows the story of Ali Baba and the 40 highwaymen. This is where we will meet qiyan - the singing slave for the first time. The image of the Middle Ages, as we know from the pages of European history, is very different from what that epoch looked like in Muslim countries. It was a
How to improve the childs immunity and protect them against diseases? A hundred years ago, young mothers asked themselves this question, and scientists had a simple answer - from infancy, children should be aired. And if you dont have a house with a garden or a park nearby, all you need is an open w
Over the centuries, our wardrobes have undergone drastic metamorphoses. It was influenced not only by tastes and clothing preferences, but above all by social conventions, new trends in art, and even the development of industry! Especially in the case of women, some items of clothing became a reflec
Everything happened in Athens over two and a half thousand years ago, and at first it looked only like a drama of a bride. In fact, it was about homosexual revenge that changed the fate of the ancient world ... The thing takes place in the 6th century BCE. One day, the Athenian authorities called
Sexual circus is a term coined by two great soul stars, Ray Charles and Billy Preston, describing in two words how the greatest gospel musicians spent their free time in the 1950s. Aretha Franklin and other artists first singed to God in the church and then indulged in dissolute carnal pleasures.