Until the middle of the 19th century, the duration of a chess game was not limited. This caused a lot of inconvenience

One of the most ancient public executions comprised sewing the executed in a leather sack together with a live snake, a monkey, a rooster and a dog and then drowning the sack in a reservoir

Hardly anyone can say exactly when did this wonderful game originated.

Winston Churchill, who was certainly an extraordinary and interesting personality, is often referred to as the greatest Briton in history

The mechanism for execution “guillotine” got its name after the name of the French doctor Joseph Guillotin. At that, Guillotin himself invented nothing new

Pompeii is one of the oldest Roman cities. Archaeological research shows that the settlement was founded in the 7th century BC