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Saturday, 24 January 2026
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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Nikola Tesla
Tesla was a capable, bright student able to perform integral calculus by memory.
Of course, this aroused the disbelief of his teachers, who thought he was cheating. Finally, however, he finished his education scheduled for four years in three.
Ludwig van Beethoven
While playing in the court orchestra, Beethoven became familiar with a variety of operatic works, including works by Mozart, Gluck, and Paisiello.
He also became friends with Anton Reicha, nephew of the court orchestra conductor Josef Reicha, a composer, flutist, and violinist of approximately the same age.
Sting
As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting won 17 Grammy Awards, won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take," three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994, a Golden Globe, an Emmy and four Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.
Robert Oppenheimer
His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.
The scientist's body was cremated, and his ashes placed in an urn were thrown into the sea by Oppenheimer's wife.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is a wealthy person.
When registering as a presidential candidate, he submitted a declaration of assets showing that he o ...
Roland Garros
He became famous for the first non-stop flight over the Mediterranean.
This flight took place on September 23, 1913, from Fréjus-Saint Raphaël in the south of France to Bi ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
It is not certain whether Caesar, in the last moments of his life, uttered the words "Et tu, Brute?”
According to Svetonius and Plutarch, Caesar remained silent and only covered his head with a toga when he saw his friend Brutus among the assassins.
William Shakespeare
The farce “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy at 1,770 lines. His most extended play is “Hamlet,” with 4042 lines.
Anna Pavlova
Anna was fascinated with ballet and dedicated her youth to becoming a ballet dancer.
When she was eight years old, her mother took her to the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to see ...
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi was almost immediately forgotten after his death.
Only the growing interest in the music of J.S. Bach, who transcribed Vivaldi's eighteen violin conce ...