History

Neither painkillers nor anesthesia in surgeries during the Victorian Era

Neither painkillers nor anesthesia in surgeries during the Victorian Era

During the Victorian Era once a person needed to have a surgery no painkillers or anesthesia were used, consequently people… Read More

11 years ago

The etymology of the word ‘cerberus’

The origin of the word 'cerberus' is lied on the Greek word 'Kerberos' (κέρβερος). The name "Cerberus" is a Latinised version of the… Read More

11 years ago

Broccoli was introduced to the U.S. by Italian immigrants

Broccoli, "Broccolo" in Italian, used to be incorpopated in the Italian eating habits  since the Roman Empire and was introduced… Read More

11 years ago

Voltaire does not renounce devil as dying

In 1778, when the 83-years-old Voltaire was about to die, he was called by a priest to renounce the devil,… Read More

11 years ago

How were prisoners rendered sterile in three minutes by the Nazis

Being unaware, prisoners were taken to a a room by the Nazis and were rendered sterile through radiation, as they… Read More

11 years ago

Leeks on Elizabeth’ s coronation dress in 1953

Elizabeth' s dressmaker Norman Hartnell designed leeks on her coronation dress for the  coronation ceremony back in June 2, 1953.… Read More

11 years ago

There has been a month with 19 days

Calendar changes are pretty common through history. Since people have been trying to merge standards throughout the wrold, and there… Read More

11 years ago

10 uncredited inventions of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was by most accounts the greatest inventor of his era, and maybe of modern history. He was Although… Read More

11 years ago

Things you didn’t know about World War II

Having been the deadliest conflict in human history, with at least 50.000.000 deaths and the only use of nuclear weapons… Read More

11 years ago

Atlantis is (kinda) real

You might have already heard the story of the legendary city of Atlantis which vanished by getting sucked into the… Read More

11 years ago