The ancient city Philippi was founded by the King Philip II and is considered to be the most important archaeological site of eastern Macedonia
Hanstein Castle: A remarkable castle complex in Central Germany
Ice Age had a large impact on many areas suitable for migration of various civilizations
The Reichstag Fire: a pivotal event in the history of Nazi Germany
In the 1950s, Stanley Kubrick was so afraid of a potential Soviet nuclear attack that he considered moving to Australia
Samuel Beckett objected to female theater groups staging his play “Waiting for Godot” because “women don’t have prostates and couldn’t portray the characters accurately”
Amedeo Modigliani, “the prince of vagabonds:” he led a bitter life of alcoholism and died penniless
Playboys of the Mid-20th Century
The inventor of the Theremin, Léon Theremin, also created one of the first covert listening devices that sat undetected for seven years in the American Embassy in Moscow
Over a thousand Nigerian soldiers assaulted Fela Kuti’s commune and recording studio, the Kalakuta Republic, brutally murdering his mother and burning the compound to the ground
