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Sunday, 13 September 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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Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an expert at brewing spruce beer.
At a time when drinking beer was sometimes safer than consuming permanently contaminated water, low- ...
Jane Austen
An admirer of Jane's novels was the Prince Regent - later King George IV, who kept a set of all her novels in every residence.
Upon hearing that Jane Austen was in London before the publication of "Emma," the Duke instructed hi ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace died of uterine cancer in 1852 at the age of 36. Her father, Lord Byron, died at the same age.
The disease had been present for several months, and its progression was probably accelerated by blo ...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola was the fourth of five children.
He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who died in a horseback riding accident when Nikola was five.
Homer
Homer probably lived in the eighth century BC.
There is no more precise information about the poet's origins, his family or his life. Even the ancients did not know his fate, although he was already considered an outstanding artist and authority.
Charles III
The king received a thorough education.
Charles's education began at Hill House School in London and continued at Cheam preparatory school i ...
Anna Pavlova
Pavlova is considered the inventor of modern pointe shoes.
Although it was considered cheating during her times, her design was incorporated into the production of pointe shoes, allowing dancers with curved feet to perform with ease and less pain.
Jane Austen
The novel "Emma" was published in 1816 in three volumes, with an added dedication to the Prince Regent.
It was written between 21 January 1814 and 29 March 1815. Jane began work on a book about a heroine ...
Christopher Columbus
He had to wait some time before organizing the third expedition (1498-1500), as it was difficult for him to regain the lost confidence of the people.
He set out for the west with six ships. Three of them he immediately sent back to Haiti, with the others he sailed to the southwest hoping to find the Asian continent.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
They have two children, a daughter Oleksandra born in 2004 and a son Kirill born in 2013.
They form a tight-knit, loving family. Volodymyr has repeatedly posted photos of his wife on his soc ...