He has tamed the mighty forces of nature. He was working on a lethal weapon that would bring ... peace. It (un) consciously caused the earthquake, and predicted the production of smartphones almost 100 years ago. Nikola Tesla is probably one of the most underrated inventors of our civilization. Why?
Apparently Cleopatra already used the primitive version of the device for intimate massage. In the 20th century, vibrators made a dizzying career. But they werent originally meant for orgasm at all ... If not to stimulate the clitoris, what were they used for? And why were it mostly men? Sexolog
During World War II, German engineers performed miracles to counterbalance the technological and, above all, quantitative advantage gained by the Allies from 1943. Wehrmacht and SS soldiers received panzerfausts - effective anti-tank grenade launchers to fight the Soviet tanks. Reports of hundreds o
Paleontology and archeology are difficult fields of science that, with a bit of luck, can bring scientists fame and money. As is usually the case when the stakes are high, not everyone is playing fair ... These are the biggest counterfeits the fraudsters have used to make their money. As Johann Be
Arrest by Tsarina Catherine the Great, spies in the service of Great Britain and a dream of power. Great achievements require great sacrifice, great preparation and great persistence. This is why the Lewis and Clark expedition took place. Dream about the West Thomas Jefferson showed an extraor
It was said that they could conjure animals. It was believed that some ruled the forces of nature. They were considered to be trade and hunting specialists. They were born warriors. But not only. The world of Native American tribes is astonishing at various levels, according to discoverers working o
Great Britain took an active part in the armed race that ended with the creation of the atomic bomb. The dispute continues to this day - was the participation of scientists from the Isles crucial to the cause? Has Churchill missed an opportunity to become nuclear power faster? When it became cle
How to hit America to weaken it, intimidate it and demoralize it? Hitler believed that the best solution was to bomb New York. The problem, however, was the great distance between Europe and the eastern coast of the USA. The Germans did not have a bomber with such a large range. Searching for a solu
Electric stimulation of frog legs by Luigi Galvani in the 1880s shocked the world. The dead body suddenly came to life, muscles contracting to move. Galvani believed that his device could bring a dead body back to life for several seconds. Experiments were carried out on larger and larger animals to
How to hide a ship on the high seas? Is it possible at all? Such questions were asked by the command of the British Navy during the First World War. A great ship will not become invisible, even if we paint it in the color of the sky or the sea, after all, depending on the weather conditions, the
Uncompromising mathematicians, outstanding coders, programming aces. It is to these visionaries that we owe the development of the Internet. These are the mothers of modern computing. When we think about the history of new technologies, we imagine eccentric men locked in cellars. This image is a
Is it magic? We answer:no! It is art and the will to do good. We present the figure of a wonderful woman who wanted to help the victims of World War I. those who have lost their self-confidence and… their face. World War I led to the deaths of many civilians and soldiers who, if they managed to s
This Polish virologist saved millions of people from disability and death due to the raging epidemic. Thanks to his determination, the world received a salutary vaccine. However, the road to breakthrough discovery was not easy - nor ethical. Ready for anything, the researcher even went so far as to
The figure of the Greek scientist is associated today mainly with jumping out of the bathtub naked, and thus with the well-known law of physics. This - perhaps the most important of his discoveries - was not the only one ... Life in antiquity was not peaceful, and Archimedes definitely did not s
The memory of Nikola Tesla has survived thanks to his inventions. The American engineer of Serbian origin gained eternal fame by working on the development of an electric motor and an alternating current generator, an autotransformer, a hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, a solar battery ...
The history of Poland abounds in interesting characters, among whom there is no shortage of inventors. But not all of them are popular, moreover:some of them were not even considered Poles for many years! Here is a list of inventions, many of which we use or have used every day, created by people
70-man flight to Mars in 1965. Permanent manned bases on the Red Planet and the Silver Globe. Laser space stations. Ships four times heavier than the International Space Station (ISS). These are just some of the most ambitious space exploration plans. None has been realized… Wernher von Braun i
250 years ago no one dreamed that artificial intelligence would take over the world. At least to anyone except the Russian Tsarina. Without hesitating, she declared war on the robots. And apparently she even went so far as to carry out executions on an overly intelligent machine ... The year is
Risky thesis - everyone knows that Mirosław Hermaszewski was the only Pole in space. And yet, without some Polish scientists and constructors, the conquest of extraterrestrial space would be impossible. Havent heard of them? Its high time to change that! Every Pole knows the name of Hermaszewski
They belonged to a small group of the most outstanding Polish scientists. During the day, they constructed inventions, conducted research, and expanded the kingdom of reason. In the evening ... they summoned ghosts. Were they fools? Or maybe we are the ones laughing at what they were doing? Wha
From the appearance of cinema as mass entertainment until the rise to power of National Socialism in Germany in 1933, Berlin had become a mecca for cinema. During the first decades of the 20th century, and especially thanks to silent films, which were easily adaptable to any language, the studios
The term stock market feels like a gigantic, flimsy force that is difficult to understand. Nevertheless, these markets are one of the most important parts of the global economy today. Countries around the world depend on stock markets for their economic development. Nevertheless, stock markets are
Greek Amazon on horseback (the image is not the one the post refers to) Still wonders from Ancient Greece. On a refined box dating back to the 5th century AD. used as a beauty-case and jewelry boxes, or to store cosmetics and jewels, the drawing of an Amazon was recently discovered depicte
Uncompromising fighter, unyielding defender of democracy, melancholic - of rare sensitivity - poet, but also endowed with a heart and soul forged of steel, uncompromising in his beliefs, consistent in his principles, brave in torture, uncompromising in politics, beautiful as a myth, this was Alekos