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Thursday, 6 March 2025
32 facts about Peter the Great
32 facts about Peter the Great
The first Emperor of all Russia
Peter the Great is considered one of Russia's greatest rulers. He was a great reformer, strategist, and builder who was the first of the tsars to trav ...

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Ernest Hemingway
During World War II, Hemingway was in Europe from May 1944 to March 1945.
In London, he met Time magazine correspondent Mary Welsh. He fell in love, and during their third meeting, asked her to marry him. While in London, he also suffered a concussion from a car accident.
Aristotle
At the age of 17 or 18, he joined Plato’s Academy.
It was funded by Plato in 387 BC on the outskirts of Athens and is often referred to as a school for would-be politicians.
John Sutter
He spoke three languages.
Besides Swiss French, which was his native language, he also learned English and Spanish before traveling to the USA.
Amadeus Mozart
Mozart received a commission from Munich to write a grand opera for the start of the opera season in that city in December 1780.
He wrote "Idomeneo, King of Crete" and traveled to Munich to supervise rehearsals and conduct the pr ...
Robert Oppenheimer
He was so absorbed in teaching that he lost touch with reality. He didn't read newspapers, listen to radio news, or use the telephone.
He learned about the economic crisis of 1929 from students who were in financial trouble. When he re ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
According to historians, Napoleon was a short man, being 169 centimeters tall.
One anecdote says that during one of his deliberations, Napoleon could not reach a map lying on a sh ...
Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin was a Russian peasant claiming to be an Orthodox monk, a mystic, and a favorite of the family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov.
No details of his birth date exist; he was probably born in January 1869, although he gave different birth dates at various stages of his life.
Ada Lovelace
Ada was a descendant of an extinct family of Lovelace barons.
In 1838, her husband became Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham, and Ada became Countess of Lovelace.
Kate Middleton
During her school days, she involved herself in many sports and cultural activities.
She engaged in ballet and tap dancing. Additionally, Kate was a member of a choir, with which she re ...
Charles III
Charles III is also interested in architecture. He has established several institutions, dealing with the issue of urban planning and architecture, which, as of 2018, form The Prince's Foundation.
In 1989, he published the book: A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture, in the pages o ...