Biography

Some of Aristotle’s theories were absurd.

Hemingway traveled to China with Martha, where both worked as reporters - Martha for Collier’s magazine and Ernest for the PM newspaper.

Tsarina Catherine the Great called Kosciuszko a "beast."

A cat named Big Boy Peterson accompanied Hemingway in his last moments at the Idaho estate.

Roland Garros is sometimes referred to as the world's first air ace.

Beethoven's ancestors were Catholic farmers from what is now Belgium (the prefix "van" is a typical element of common Dutch surnames, often derived from the name of a place).

On April 6, 46 BC, a final clash between the Pompeians and the Caesarians took place at Tapsus (Ras Dimas) in Tunisia.

The farce “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy at 1,770 lines. His most extended play is “Hamlet,” with 4042 lines.

Rasputin began to seek patronage from well-known centers of Russian Orthodoxy, and to this end began his "great journey" in 1903.

He subordinated the Orthodox Church to the state, allowing Russia to take over the cultural tradition of Byzantium.