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Tuesday, 16 December 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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Sting
While at school, he performed in local clubs, mainly with jazz bands such as "Phoenix Jazzman" and "Last Exit."
Charles Darwin
In his diary, in addition to his notes on animal reproduction, he also included his thoughts on the pros and cons of marriage.
On two slips of paper he wrote down brief thoughts for and against marriage. He divided the sheets i ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1881, Tesla moved to Budapest to work for the telegraph company of Tivadar Puskás de Ditró, the Hungarian inventor of the telephone exchange and pioneer of telephony.
However, the company was still in the organizational stage, so he was initially employed by the Cent ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s father, John, was among the respected citizens of Stratford.
Presumably, he was the son of Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield, who received a land grant for his ...
Nikola Tesla
It took Tesla almost a full year to complete this task.
He also proposed that Edison switch to alternating current production in his power plants (they prod ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1875, having previously obtained a scholarship (thanks to a high school teacher), he enrolled at the Graz University of Technology.
In his first year, he never missed lectures, earned top grades, and passed nine exams (twice as many ...
Christopher Columbus
Columbus was accused of extreme brutality againts indigenious people.
Some claimed that he refused to baptize the natives just to have an opportunity to abuse them withou ...
Aristotle
His theories on chemistry and physics did not stand the test of time.
Most of his assumptions were disproved, such as the theory of the Sun orbiting Earth, which was proven wrong by Copernicus.
Anna Pavlova
Some sources claim Anna wished to be considered a product of her mother’s early marriage, so she claimed her father was a man named Pavel, who died when she was a toddler.
She claimed he was married to her mother before she married Matvej Pavlov.
Rasputin
In 1905, Rasputin returned to St. Petersburg. A circle of his friends led to his presentation at the Tsar's court.
The Tsar's family was then going through a difficult time, both in national governance and family tr ...