The ancient Greeks had a drinking game called Kottabos
Anna Anderson – the woman who convinced the world she was Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
The most beautiful ancient clocks around the world
In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands – in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself
With numerous phrases and hermetic symbols, Rome’s Mysterious Porta Alchemica represents one of the few existing alchemical monuments in the world …
A brief history of mobile phones and their evolution over the years
Victor Lustig – the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice
The Jaquet-Droz Automata: mechanical wonders from the 18th century, considered by some to the ancestors of the modern computer
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD
Frédéric Bourdin, also known as “The Chameleon”, was a serial impostor who claims to have had over 500 false identities over the course of his life
