Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, and his queen Pasiphae and she is known for her involvement in… Read More
"War tuba", known as Imperial Japanese Army acoustic locators, was used by Japanese to locate enemy aircraft, before the invention of radar.… Read More
The Greek epic poem 'Iliad' by Homer is one of the oldest extant works of Western literature and tells of battles… Read More
Gandhi did not say the famous quote "Be the change you wish to see in the world", but an unknown person… Read More
In September 1835 Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Islands and he was extremely fascinated of what he saw there, such… Read More
Did you know that George Bernard Shaw had a rotating office that used to turn according to the sun? (more…) Read More
Athisthenes, pupil of Socrates, was the first to outline the main themes of the philosophical school of Cynicism. (more…) Read More
Through 'Germanization' the Nazis used to take Polish children, mentally bombing them with the racial superiority of the Germans and… Read More
In a period when there were no smartphones, soldiers from the U.S. invented a practical way to see pictures of… Read More
Brazil was until today the only country that used to produce the classic 56-year-old VW camper van but not anymore. (more…) Read More
