The Alcobaça Monastery has a rather narrow door in its former dining hall, according to social media posts this is the “anti gluttony door”.Monks who had to fetch their own food from the kitchen could only fit through the door if they weren’t eating too much as the passage is only 32cm (roughly 1 foot) … More NOT a monastery’s ’Anti-Gluttony door’
This picture has been shared online with the description that it shows Marlene Dietrich as she is being detained by police for wearing trousers in public during her arrival in Paris in 1933. That’s not the case. As I was researching this story I found this article on the ‘Ask Historians’ Reddit page.It is well … More NOT Marlene Dietrich being detained for wearing trousers
The ‘world’s first’ stories have been shared online for years, they’re usually no more than just a picture with the claim that what it depicts is the first of it’s kind.They rarely add any more information, even the most basic bit of background is left out and the questions from followers are ignored.There are even … More NOT world’s first movie theatre
The ‘world’s first’ stories have been shared online for years, they’re usually no more than just a picture with the claim that what it depicts is the first of it’s kind.They rarely add any more information, even the most basic bit of background is left out and the questions from followers are ignored.There are even … More NOT the world’s first video game
The ‘world’s first’ stories have been shared online for years, they’re usually no more than just a picture with the claim that what it depicts is the first of it’s kind.They rarely add any more information, even the most basic bit of background is left out and the questions from followers are ignored.There are even … More NOT the world’s first computer virus
The ‘world’s first’ stories have been shared online for years, they’re usually no more than just a picture with the claim that what it depicts is the first of it’s kind.They rarely add any more information, even the most basic bit of background is left out and the questions from followers are ignored.There are even … More NOT world’s first robot
The ‘world’s first’ stories have been shared online for years, they’re usually no more than just a picture with the claim that what it depicts is the first of it’s kind.They rarely add any more information, even the most basic bit of background is left out and the questions from followers are ignored. There are … More NOT world’s first Miss World
The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed published an article about me and my work.You can read it by clicking here.
During the Second World War Polish soldiers of the II Corps bought a young Syrian brown bear cub at a station in Iran.He was officially made a soldier so that the army would provide him with rations and transportation, eventually he was even promoted to corporal.The bear followed the unit everywhere, helped move crates of … More NOT Wojtek the WW2 bear soldier
Exactly a month ago Twitter locked my account, there had been some suspicious activity.It may have been my posting the ‘These bullets from Gallipoli did not collide in mid-air” response for the 91875 time in a row that made the Twitter system think something was off or that I was simply spamming.Normally something like this … More I’m PROPERLY back!
